Chinese Maritime Expansion Poses Challenge For Region – Analysis
By Divya Kumar Soti* Last few months have witnessed heightened activity in the Asia-Pacific as maritime geopolitics as well as occurrence of certain incidents which have further heated up the strategic...
View ArticleUS Pentagon Chief Says Asia Rebalance Is About More Than Freedom Of Navigation
By Lisa Ferdinando US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said yesterday that the U.S. rebalance to the Asia-Pacific is a “whole program of enhanced activities” intended to maintain peace and security in the...
View ArticleSaving Nemo: Bleaching Threatens Clownfish
Clownfish became a household name over a decade ago when Disney released the movie “Finding Nemo.” Found exclusively in the Indo-Pacific, clownfish are symbiotic animals that only live in sea anemones,...
View ArticleObama In Vietnam: Only Permanent Interests – Analysis
By Amruta Karambelkar* The US and Vietnam are the strangest bedfellows in the Asia Pacific. US President Barack Obama’s visit to Vietnam received wide attention, particularly because of the lifting of...
View ArticleCheap Technology Will Challenge US Tactical Dominance – Analysis
By T.X. Hammes* The convergence of dramatic improvements in the fields of robotics, artificial intelligence, materials, additive manufacturing, and nanoenergetics is dramatically changing the character...
View ArticleUS ‘Provocations’ Could Force China To Declare Air Defense Zone In South...
Beijing is reportedly planning to launch an air defense identification zone (ADIZ) in the South China Sea, the timing of which will depend on US “provocations.” Billions of dollars of trade passes...
View ArticleIndia’s Andaman And Nicobar Islands: Growing Regional Significance – Analysis
As China expands its maritime reach in the Indian Ocean, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands off the coast of India have gone high up on the priority list for New Delhi’s defence policy. The Modi...
View ArticleFor the US, Sailing Around South China Sea Is Not Strategy – Analysis
US naval excursions are temporary response to Beijing’s permanent islands and equipment in the South China Sea. By Harry J. Kazianis* After President Barack Obama’s visits to Vietnam and Japan, the...
View ArticleA Legal Imbroglio In The South China Sea – OpEd
The rhetorical war between the China and the United States over the South China Sea dispute is increasing in tempo and magnitude by the week. The US is wasting no time, resource and effort in...
View ArticleThe Contest For International Support On The South China Sea Disputes – Analysis
By Louie Dane C. Merced* With the final award of the Arbitral Tribunal on the maritime disputes in the South China Sea/West Philippine Sea (SCS/WPS) ex- pected in the coming months, there has been a...
View ArticleThe Shangri-La Dialogue 2016 And The South China Sea – Analysis
In his address to the 2016 Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, US Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter outlined the US concept of a principled security network in the Asia-Pacific. This network is emergent...
View ArticleCoral Reefs Victim To Overfishing, Pollution, Ocean Warming
One of the longest and largest studies of coral reef health ever undertaken finds that corals are declining worldwide because a variety of threats — overfishing, nutrient pollution and pathogenic...
View ArticleTimor Gap Dispute With Australia Inspires Timorese Political Activism – Analysis
By Max Lane* On March 22, 2016 at least 40,000 – perhaps as many as 70,000 Timorese attended a protest outside the Australian Embassy in Dili, Timor Leste.1 In a city of just over 200,000 people, this...
View ArticleCracks In ASEAN Unity Over South China Sea Dispute – Analysis
Owing to the increasing belligerence demonstrated by China in recent times on the South China Sea (SCS) issue, this oceanic space has emerged as a major flashpoint in the Asia-Pacific region as there...
View ArticleGames Navies Play: Anti-Access And Area Denial In Maritime Asia – Analysis
By Abhijit Singh On June 14, as Indian, Japanese and American warships began the fifth day of the 20th iteration of the Malabar Naval Exercises in the seas off Okinawa, they were informed of the...
View ArticleChinese Fishermen At Frontline Of Maritime Disputes: An Alternative...
Poaching of endangered marine species could be a key factor which drives the Chinese fishermen to the frontline of the regional maritime disputes. By Zhang Hongzhou* Over the past few years, this...
View ArticleGood Bacteria Vital To Coral Reef Survival
Scientists say good bacteria could be the key to keeping coral healthy, able to withstand the impacts of global warming and to secure the long-term survival of reefs worldwide. “Healthy corals interact...
View ArticleExamining Impact Of Man-Made Structures On Louisiana’s Coastal Wetlands
As Louisiana’s wetlands continue to disappear at an alarming rate, a new study has pinpointed the man-made structures that disrupt the natural water flow and threaten these important ecosystems. The...
View ArticleRebalancing With India: Safeguarding Indo-Pacific Maritime Region – Analysis
The Indian Navy’s foray into the Western Pacific is a demonstration of New Delhi’s Look East-Act East policy. It also responds to President Obama’s overture to India for a strategic partnership in...
View ArticleFukushima And The Oceans: What Do We Know Five Years On?
A major international review of the state of the oceans five years after the Fukushima disaster shows that radiation levels are decreasing rapidly except in the harbor area close to the nuclear plant...
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