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What's at Stake in the South China Sea?


US-China International Law Disputes in the South China Sea

China's incremental expansion and bold territorial claims in the South China Sea (SCS) over the past 20 years have raised global concerns. Each ...

Philippines: Calming Tensions in the South China Sea | Crisis Group

Tensions between China and the Philippines are increasing the risk of armed conflict in the South China Sea. In this excerpt from the Watch ...

The South China Sea Dispute: Increasing Stakes and Rising Tensions

A brief easing of tensions occurred in the first half of this decade due in part to China's more accommodating and flexible attitude, which was part of a ...

U.S. Position on Maritime Claims in the South China Sea

As Beijing has failed to put forth a lawful, coherent maritime claim in the South China Sea, the United States rejects any PRC claim to waters ...

"What's at stake in the South China Sea? Geographical and ...

The South China Sea ranks among the most geographically and geopolitically complex ocean spaces in the world. It certainly appears to have been one of its ...

What's Really Going On in the South China Sea?

Military activities in the South China Sea, as well as periodic standoffs, clashes, and crises, have been a major source of regional tension for ...

The South China Sea in Strategic Terms | Wilson Center

The most important and least tangible stake in the South China Sea concerns the preservation (or not) of a regional “rules-based” order ...

A Primer On The Complicated Battle For The South China Sea - NPR

... a growing dispute over the status of islands throughout the South China Sea. Here's a guide to what's at stake.

What's behind the South China Sea dispute? | Start Here - YouTube

China and its neighbours all want a piece of the South China Sea. Rights to fish, territory, oil and gas. This fight has it all, ...

South China Sea dispute: China's pursuit of resources 'unlawful ...

What's behind the South China Sea dispute? ... The sea has in recent years become a flashpoint for tensions between China and other nations which ...

What's at stake as U.S. weighs South China Sea patrol - Navy Times

In the last two years, China has begun constructing islands on top of the reefs and claiming territorial seas around them to gain fishing and ...

Why does China want to control the South China Sea? | FSI

The disputes over the South China Sea are complex, and they overlap and collide in complex ways. At stake are questions of ownership, ...

South China Sea Politics, Relations & Current Affairs - Foreign Policy

Beijing is ramping up efforts to cow neighbors such as the Philippines in the South China Sea but is getting nowhere fast.

What's at stake in the South China Sea | The Conversation

In The Conversation's “What's At Stake in China's Claims to the South China Sea” Professor Scott L. Montgomery examines a new ruling by the ...

What is at stake? Status and threats to South China Sea marine ...

Governance of South China Sea (SCS) fisheries remains weak despite acknowledgement of their widespread overexploitation for the past few decades.

US warship in South China Sea: What's at stake? - CSMonitor.com

“The actions of the US warship have threatened China's sovereignty and security interests, jeopardized the safety of personnel and facilities on ...

What's at Stake in the Indo-Pacific | Proceedings - U.S. Naval Institute

Having the capacity to regulate traffic through the South China Sea also would enable the regime to apply diplomatic pressure, and perhaps to inflict economic ...

What is at stake? Status and threats to South China Sea marine ...

Indirect threats to fisheries also arise from the widespread destruction of vulnerable coastal habitats from land reclamation, pollution from ...

What's at stake in China's claims to the South China Sea? - SFGATE

The court ruled that China has no standing to claim the vast area within the famous “nine-dash line,” encompassing roughly 90 percent of the ...

(PDF) Chinese Territorial Expansion in the South China Sea

Through an ambitious and rapid land reclamation initiative, China is bolstering territorial claims to much of the South China Sea. Located off the west ...