RIMCHN a success, but Rimpac 2020 could be Beijing’s worst nightmare
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) and navies from 10 Asean member states carried…
Beijing should not ignore rising anti-China sentiment and neither should Hanoi
Since mid-June 2018, numerous anti-China protests have been reported in Vietnam. Demonstrations of this kind…
Chinese coast guard chases down, rams fleeing Vietnamese fishing boat (HD video)
A Chinese coast guard vessel was filmed apparently ramming a Vietnamese fishing boat in…
Maritime security: Time for Asean to reach beyond low hanging fruit
During its year as Asean chair Singapore has continued the association’s work in developing measures…
Asean centrality key to maintaining South China Sea stability
The 51st Asean Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM) and related meetings held in Singapore from July…
South China Sea: Ample opportunity for Asean-China connectivity
China-Asean and China-US relations in the South China Sea have trended in opposite directions since…
Off the rocks: Philippine flagship BRP Gregorio del Pilar removed from shoal (video)
The Philippine Navy managed to get its stranded flagship, the BRP Gregorio del Pilar, off Half…
Fishing militia to spearhead Vietnam’s response to China in South China Sea (video)
China has long been infamous for incorporating maritime militias into its fishing industry to assert…
Goodbye Panatag Shoal, hello Huangyan Dao? (HD video) *updated
A ground-swell of discontent is gaining momentum in the Philippines to President Rodrego Duterte’s apparent…
Increased military spending does not portend an Asean arms race
Southeast Asian countries’ historically high defence budgets are the sum of various national considerations: financial…
Modi’s act east, new India focus sees Indonesia-India ties bolstered
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has just completed another of his ‘Act East’ expansionist visits,…
War: Philippines says it will fight if ‘red line’ crossed… With what? (video)
Philippines Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano on Monday defended the administrations apparent soft stance…
A fragile new ‘normal’ descends on South China Sea claimants
The United States and China have apparently reached a tacit agreement to disagree and maintain…
Time Running Out For US to Firm Philippines Relationship (video)
In spite of the United States’ renewed focus on great power competition in the 2018 National Defense Strategy…
USS Carl Vinson: World’s Largest Aircraft Carrier Arrives in Vietnam (video)
When the USS Carl Vinson and its accompanying escort vessels berthed in Danang on the…
South China Sea Harmony: Beijing’s For The Taking
The Philippines is on the front line of China’s entry into a strategic theatre in…