Words hurt: time for Asean leaders to speak up on SCS

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Words hurt: time for Asean leaders to speak up on SCS

Government officials and heads-of-state in Asean appears to have a collective aversion to speaking up in public about Chinese transgressions and coercion in the South China Sea (SCS). Such reticence is based on misplaced fears […]

Brinkmanship in the South China Sea helps nobody

Brinkmanship in the South China Sea helps nobody

Recent months have seen a continuing increase in military activities in the South China Sea, particularly by the United States and China, but also by ‘bit players’ like India and Japan. These activities only serve […]