Philippine Coast Guard: Guardian Salvage in ‘Final Stages’
Philippines officials are estimating the remains of the former USS Guardian (MCM-5) will be clear of the Tubbataha Reef by…
China at Odds with U.N. Treaty
On Jan. 22, Ma Keqing, the Chinese ambassador to the Philippines, was summoned to the Department of Foreign Affairs in…
Borneo Violence Escalates
The standoff between the Malaysian armed forces and followers of the Sultanate of Sulu, who three weeks prior invaded the…
China’s New Frigate by the Numbers
The first 056 class No. 582 was officially handed over to PLAN on Feb. 25 as Wu Shengli, Commander of…
Bizarre Borneo Standoff Ends in Bloodshed
A dramatic three-week standoff on the island of Borneo claimed its first lives Friday, as Malaysian security forces exchanged gunfire—possibly…
Combat Fleets: USS Enterprise
Proceedings, December 2012 In early November the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65) returned home to Norfolk, Virginia, to prepare for her December…
Code of Conduct in the South China Sea Undermined by ASEAN Disarray
For government officials and regional analysts following the security dialogues in Phnom Penh last week (9–13 July) there was good…