INS Kochi And The ‘Big-Warship’ Debate – Analysis
By Abhijit Singh* The recent commissioning of the INS Kochi has triggered a debate about the desirability of building big warships. At 7,500 tonnes, the Kochi is one of the largest guided missile...
View ArticleChina Lags On SOE Reform Goal – Analysis
By Michael Lelyveld After two years of preparation, China’s new reform plan for its vast state-owned holdings has received poor reviews, dimming hopes for one of the government’s critical economic...
View ArticleNarrow Court Ruling May Offer Room For Diplomacy On South China Sea Claims –...
International court will soon rule on South China Sea case between China and the Philippines. By Ashley Townshend* While tensions continue to rise in the South China Sea with steady military build-up...
View ArticleIndia-Bangladesh Delimitation Of EEZ: Utilizing The UN Tribunal – Analysis
By Jemimah Joanne C. Villaruel* The simmering territorial and maritime dispute in the South China Sea seems poised to lengthen and grow even more complex with ASEAN states such as the Philippines and...
View ArticleChina-US: Naval Confrontation Imminent In South China Sea? – Analysis
By D.S. Rajan* Personalities, authorities and the media in the US have of late given indications on the possible dispatch soon under the country’s “freedom of navigation” (FON) operations, of one or...
View ArticleMalabar Exercise: A Concert Of Democracies On The High Seas – Analysis
By Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan and Sylvia Mishra* Exercise Malabar has been a India-US bilateral naval exercise since the 1990s and included the Japanese Maritime Self Defence Forces (JMSDF) in 2007,...
View ArticleChina’s Unilateral Action On South China Sea Threatens Regional Stability – OpEd
China’s aggressive policy to build small islands on the South China Sea, ignoring territorial claims of fellow nations in the region, is hitting Pacific nations at a more visceral level, bringing...
View ArticleSuspect Found Behind Killing Of Young Right Whales
The baby whales suddenly began dying in 2005. And continued for several years running. Scientists had never seen anything like it around Peninsula Valdes, an important calving ground for southern right...
View ArticleUS Naval South China Sea Passage Angered Beijing, But Pleases Some In...
Though harshly criticized by China, the passage this week of a U.S. Navy vessel through a part of the South China Sea claimed by Beijing drew approving comments from unofficial sources in Vietnam, a...
View ArticleExercise Malabar: What Does It Mean For Japan? – Analysis
By Vindu Mai Chotani* The navies of India, United States and Japan finished the five-day Malabar exercise held earlier this month. October 2015. The exercise (Oct 14-19) was aimed at bolstering naval...
View ArticleMarine Peace Park Plan Offers Promise For South China Sea – Analysis
By James Borton Academics, marine biologists, retired military personnel, senior State Department officials, and NGOs continue to add their voices to a growing Washington chorus on the complex and...
View ArticleSouth China Sea Tensions: Unlikely To Lead To War – Analysis
Recent naval and land activities in the Spratlys have highlighted growing tensions and the risk of conflict in the South China Sea. However as China and United States seek to manage their differences...
View ArticleWhy Delhi Must Not Be At Sea – Analysis
By C. Raja Mohan* An international court’s ruling in favour of the Philippines on the maritime territorial dispute with China last week may not have made headlines in India. But in the Philippines,...
View ArticleCarter Reiterates Call For Peaceful Resolution In South China Sea
By Lisa Ferdinando Defense Secretary Ash Carter reiterated Wednesday the U.S. call for a peaceful resolution to the tensions in the South China Sea. Carter spoke during a media availability at the...
View ArticleNazca-Desventuradas: Chile’s New Marine Reserve – Analysis
By Sara Jones* At the 2015 Our Ocean Conference, Chilean president Michelle Bachelet announced the creation of a new marine park off the coast of Chile, which, if created, would be the largest fully...
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China’s Growing Assertiveness In The South China Sea – Analysis
Weifeng Zhou examines China’s growing assertiveness and its strategic interests in the South China Sea and sheds some light on the changing strategic realities in East Asia and the nature of the South...
View ArticleSouth China Sea: Necessity, Reality To Maintain Freedom And Peace At Sea –...
The morning of 27 October witnessed the latest of what is likely to be multiple future Freedom of Navigation Operations (FONOPS) by the United States in the South China Sea. The destroyer USS Lassen...
View ArticleSouth China Sea And Freedom Of Navigation Operations: Better Quiet Resolve –...
Highly publicised American FONOPs makes it more challenging for many Southeast Asian governments to openly welcome such action. A more preferable approach may be consistent, regular, but quiet FONOPs...
View ArticleBig Power Game In The South China Sea – Analysis
US naval manoeuvres and Chinese activities in the South China Sea reflect a new big power game in which regional countries are caught in the middle. ASEAN members need to stay united to overcome the...
View ArticleWhat Is Going On In The South China Sea? – Analysis
Dr. Altay Atlı* Tensions between the United States and China are on the rise again, this time as a result of the entry of an American naval vessel, the USS Lassen, into waters claimed by China in the...
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