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For the first time, China publicly lands strategic bombers on a base in the South China Sea, representing a significant escalation of its force-projection capabilities.
Military operations in the South China Sea continue to accelerate, with China conducting its largest naval exercises to date as the United States continues to deploy assets to the region.
As the Maldives enter a constitutional crisis and Vietnam continues to develop its military relationships, China, India and the United States deploy gunboats to augment their diplomatic stances.
Regional and maritime powers continue to posture between the U.S. freedom-of-navigation program and China’s reclamation efforts.
China challenges Japanese administration of the Senkaku Islands by deploying and surfacing a nuclear attack submarine
Water Wars is a bi-weekly roundup of the latest news, analysis, and opinions related to ongoing tensions in the South and East China Seas.
Duterte’s term as ASEAN chairman comes to a fitting end as the ASEAN statement fails to mention China’s island reclamation and the South China Sea arbitral award.
Trump pitches “America First” to Asia, China’s maritime foes weigh their options, the Quad returns, and China promises to take care of the South China Sea by itself.
Water Wars is a bi-weekly roundup of the latest news, analysis, and opinions related to ongoing tensions in the South and East China Seas.
Water Wars is a weekly roundup of the latest news, analysis, and opinions related to ongoing tensions in the South and East China Seas.