Written by Lupita Wijaya
Indonesia has increasingly been drawn into the South China Sea dispute, and although a non-claiment state, media narratives are forming. Perceptions of China within Indonesia are being shaped in the media by recent events in the Natuna Sea.
Read MoreWritten by Pawel Behrendt
The Cold War set the stage and script for later acts we are now seeing in the South China Sea drama. When China took islands from Vietnam it showed that under favourable conditions, the decline of the USSR, that it was ready to use force.
Read MoreWritten by Yoichiro Sato and Sek Sophal
The outbreak of COVID-19 has slowed down the world economy, and forced two U.S. Navy carriers into port, but it has not visibly slowed down the activities of China's patrol boats in the South China Sea.
Read MoreWritten by Muhamad Arif.
An alienated China is not in Jokowi’s interest. Provoking China and prompting it to act more aggressively would escalate tension in the region and be detrimental to Jokowi’s domestic economic development agenda.
Read MoreWritten by Phillip Orchard
Southeast Asian states are finding it ever-harder to trust that the US will show up if and when push comes to shove with China. And this dynamic might just make it even harder for the U.S. to do so.
Read MoreWritten by Panos Iordanidis
South China Sea is a region full of geopolitical competition. No wonder why: Almost one third of global shipping trade passes through this maritime route, as well as the overwhelming majority of China’s oil imports.
Read MoreWritten by John Pollock
Whilst China has invested heavily in asymmetric means to strike at American flattops through ballistic missiles and cyber, Beijing has not ignored the power and prestige awarded to nations that field aircraft carriers.
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