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Why Tensions Are Rising Between Vietnam and China

Vietnam now appears to be an outlier in its vociferous opposition to China’s push for control over the South China Sea.

Hunter Marston

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From the Archives Aug 15, 2017 Snapshot

Why Tensions Are Rising Between Vietnam and China

Vietnam now appears to be an outlier in its vociferous opposition to China’s push for control over the South China Sea.

Hunter Marston

From the Archives Jul 21, 2017 Snapshot

Progress in the South China Sea?

A year after the landmark UN tribunal ruling on the South China Sea, ASEAN states appear to be more willing to assert their rights to resources in their exclusive...

Lynn Kuok

China Coast Guard vessels and Philippine fishing boats near Scarborough Shoal, April 2017.

Natural Resources Jun 9, 2017 Snapshot

Protecting the South China Sea

The political implications of Chinese actions in the South China Sea have been put front and center, butd the environmental consequences have often been overlooked.

Clint Carroll

Alleged Chinese land reclamation on Mischief Reef in the Spratly Islands, May 2017.

From the Archives May 18, 2017 Snapshot

Adrift in the South China Sea

It's time for the Trump administration to resume freedom of navigation operations in the South China Sea.

Mira Rapp-Hooper and Charles Edel

An view of Thitu Island, one of the disputed Spratly Islands, in the South China Sea, July 2011.

Law of the Sea Aug 10, 2016 Snapshot

A Line In the Sea

Now that the legal status of the South China Sea is defined, Brunei, China, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam can get to work litigating their non-territorial...

Robert A. Manning and James Przystup

Chinese dredging vessels are purportedly seen in the waters around Mischief Reef in the disputed Spratly Islands

Law of the Sea September/October 2016 Essay

Parting the South China Sea

Washington and its local partners can still avoid a dangerous escalation in the South China Sea—but only if they encourage China to abide by the recent ruling in the...

Mira Rapp-Hooper

Repo men: Chinese soldiers standing guard in the Spratly Islands, February 2016

Security Dec 3, 2015 Snapshot

An Innocent Mistake

The drama unfolding in the South China Sea today will help shape the fate of maritime law in the twenty-first century, so the United States must ensure that both the...

Jeff M. Smith

U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House, September 2015. Before year’s end, the Obama adiministration is reportedly planning to conduct a second freedom of navigation operation in the South China Sea.

Best of 2015 Oct 12, 2015 Snapshot

All in Good FON

By all appearances, the U.S. Navy is poised to begin Freedom of Navigation exercises in the South China Sea. Some believe that these operations would be a serious...

Mira Rapp-Hooper

U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping depart at the conclusion of a joint news conference in the Rose Garden, September 25, 2015.

Law of the Sea Aug 12, 2015 Photo Gallery

The Last Seamen of Gaza

Gaza's fishermen are on the verge of extinction.

Law of the Sea Apr 9, 2015 Snapshot

China’s Island Builders

Recent satellite images show that the Spratly islands are growing at a staggering pace. Tons of sand, rocks, coral cuttings, and concrete are transforming miniscule...

Andrew S. Erickson and Conor M. Kennedy

Law & Institutions Feb 11, 2015 Snapshot

How to End Piracy

Governments have traditionally combatted piracy with brute military force. More recently, however, states have opted for a different approach and seen surprising...

Conor Seyle

Suspected pirates in Mombasa, Kenya, June 2009.

Law of the Sea Jul 13, 2014 Snapshot

Pandora's Sandbox

Ongoing international disputes over territory in the South China Sea have led many to invoke an old adage: “When the facts are on your side, pound the facts. When the...

Andrew S. Erickson and Austin Strange

Vietnamese motorboats anchor at a partially submerged island in the Spratlys, April 18, 2010.

Law of the Sea Jun 21, 2014 Snapshot

Arctic Summer

The economic potential of the Arctic is undoubtedly considerable, and that has heightened Asian interest in the region. Because these are perilous times for the Arctic...

Joseph Chinyong Liow

The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy in the Arctic Ocean, July 12, 2011.

Law of the Sea Dec 9, 2013 Snapshot

What's an ADIZ?

China’s recent announcement of an Air Defense Identification Zone in the East China Sea has generated a great deal of alarm. Much of that is a function of the fact...

David A. Welch

Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy recruits march in Qingdao, Shandong province.

Pollution November/December 2013 Essay

The Devolution of the Seas

Over the last several decades, human activities have so altered the basic chemistry of the seas that they are now experiencing evolution in reverse: a return to the...

Alan B. Sielen

The old man of the sea: the fringed blenny, photographed near Japan.

Law of the Sea Mar 22, 2012 Snapshot

All Quiet in the South China Sea

With little fanfare, Beijing has recently taken an unusually moderate approach in the seas surrounding its territory. With the friendlier policy, the country hopes to...

M. Taylor Fravel

Law of the Sea April 1940 Essay

Lawless Maritime Warfare

Charles Warren

Law of the Sea January 1940 Essay

The Reality of International Law

Philip C. Jessup

Law of the Sea July 1930 Essay

The London Naval Conference: an American View

Walter Lippmann

Law of the Sea July 1930 Essay

The London Naval Conference: a French View

André Géraud ("Pertinax")

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