Blueprint for improved measurement of the international ocean economy: An exploration of satellite accounting...
Good planning, management and protection of our ocean and seas requires reliable data on which to base decision making. In recent years, growing realisation...
Spratly Islands Dispute in the South China Sea: Potential Solutions
The Spratly Islands dispute is an ongoing territorial dispute between China, Taiwan,
Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Brunei, concerning territorial sovereignty
over the Spratly Islands. This...
When Good Lawyers Write Bad History: Unreliable Evidence and the South China Sea Territorial...
The recent award by an arbitral tribunal in a case brought by the
Philippines against China gives lawyers reason to reexamine the
historical evidence put forward...
China’s Dashed Line in the South China Sea: Legal Limits and Future Prospects
Introduction:
The so-called nine-dash line（“九段線” ） drawn by China in the South China Sea has been named, cited, and referred to in many ways...
U.S.-China Strategic Competition in South and East China Seas: Background and Issues for Congress
Over the past 10 to 15 years, the South China Sea (SCS) has emerged as an arena of U.S.-China strategic competition. China’s actions in...
Washington Is Avoiding the Tough Questions on Taiwan and China
On China, U.S. policymakers have reached a near consensus: the country is a greater threat than it seemed a decade ago, and so it...
Taiping Island is an island, not a rock, and the ROC possesses full rights...
Taiping Island is an island, not a rock, and the ROC possesses full rights associated with an exclusive economic zone and continental shelf in...
The south China sea: Realities and responses in Southeast Asia
With a solution-oriented mandate, the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) tackles major policy challenges confronting the AsiaPacific in security, prosperity, sustainability, and the development...
Descending Dragon, Rising Tiger: A history of Vietnam
Introduction
Vietnam emerged as a southern extension of the great civilization of China for 1,000 years, and then went its own way for a millennium,...
The South China Sea Arbitration (The Republic of Philippines v. The People’s Republic of...
On 22 January 2013, the Republic of the Philippines instituted arbitral proceedings against the People’s Republic of China under Annex VII to the United Nations...
