Opinion: The Expanding Assault on China’s South China Sea Claims
China’s ambiguous claim to the South China Sea, approximately demarcated by a series of hash marks known as the “nine-dashed…
Document: U.S. State Department Report on China’s Claims in the South China Sea
The following is the Dec. 5, 2014 U.S. State Department Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs report,…
Russian Missile Cruiser to Conduct Live Fire Drills in Rare Visit to South China Sea
The flagship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet is currently in the South China Sea with plans to conduct air defense…
Work: Sixty Percent of U.S. Navy and Air Force Will Be Based in Pacific by 2020
More than half of U.S. Air Force and Navy forces will be based in the Asia Pacific by 2020 as…
Greenert: Don’t ‘Unnecessarily Antagonize’ China
NEWPORT, R.I. — Open discussion of how U.S. forces could deter Chinese ships and aircraft could unnecessarily antagonize one of…
Chinese Weapons That Worry the Pentagon
The Pentagon released its 2014 report to Congress, Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China on Thursday.…
Japan to Provide Vietnam Patrol Boats Next Year
Vietnam’s Vice Defense Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh told Reuters on Monday at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore that the country…
Greenert: Navy ‘Starting to Shape Events’ in volatile South China Sea
The sea service’s expanding presence in the Asia-Pacific is already starting to pay dividends in tamping down tensions between China…
Document: Congressional Report on Maritime Territorial Disputes Involving China
The following is from the March, 14 2014 Congressional Research Service report, Maritime Territorial and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Disputes…
Japan and Vietnam Expand Defense Partnership
Leaders from Japan and Vietnam have signed an agreement to expand maritime security relations between the two countries against a…