China has accused the US of "stirring up trouble" in the South China Sea in a fresh bid to stake claim to miles of ...

The South China Sea is on the brink. In this gripping hour-by-hour breakdown, we reveal how a minor clash could spiral into ...

This likely reflects divergent priorities—in Southeast Asia, China’s economic dominance is already a fact of life and, unlike ...

Washington and Manila support regional and global security by increasing readiness and strengthening deterrence, the U.S.

Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines have all attempted to counter Chinese claims to waters within their exclusive economic ...

The U.S. Pacific Fleet commander says China has failed to intimidate rival claimant states into surrendering their sovereign interests in the South China Sea despite its intensifying ...

Dotted with small islands, reefs and shoals, the South China Sea is home to a string of messy territorial disputes that pit multiple countries against each other. China’s “nine-dash line ...

South China Sea conflict near Philippines could be next U.S.-China flashpoint The U.S. could be drawn into a conflict between China and the Philippines that's been roiling the South China Sea. Sep ...

Together, allied nations should encourage China to support an open and free global commons today in the South China Sea. This article by Jeff Becker first appeared in The Strategist on July 21, 2020.

As the U.S. vows to safeguard open sea lanes and China lays claim to resource-rich territory, the disputed waters of the South China Sea are becoming a flashpoint between Washington and Beijing.

China claims almost all of the 1.3 million-square-mile South China Sea as its sovereign territory. But portions of it are also claimed by governments in Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei ...

From Africa to the South China Sea, nations are scouring the globe for new, profitable energy ventures. In the Pacific Ocean, which covers 30 percent of Earth’s surface, ...