The South China Sea is of major geopolitical and economic importance due to its strategic location, natural resources and position as a conduit for international trade. Nearly one-third of global ...
Morning Overview on MSN: US., Australia and Philippines hold 2nd South China Sea drills of 2026
Warships from the United States, Australia and the Philippines sailed in formation through contested South China Sea waters in April 2026, completing the second trilateral naval exercise of the year ...
US., Australia and Philippines hold 2nd South China Sea drills of 2026
The Diplomat: How External Partners Should Engage in the South China Sea
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) transits through South China Sea during a freedom of navigation operation on . Credit: Mass Communication ...
The geopolitics of the South China Sea in 2025 were shaped by confrontation, militarisation and US–China rivalry. While some progress was made towards reaching an ASEAN–China Code of Conduct (COC) in ...
Amazon S3 on MSN: China's construction of artificial islands aims to assert control over the South China Sea
China lays claim to basically the entire South China Sea by way of its infamous "nine-dash line." But while China claims the entire area, Vietnam, Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, and Taiwan each have ...
China's construction of artificial islands aims to assert control over the South China Sea
The Economist: China may be building a big new airbase in the South China Sea
SINCE OCTOBER China has turned a once desolate sandbar in the South China Sea into a 600-hectare atoll. A spokesperson for the Chinese foreign ministry says the massive engineering project is “aimed ...