Deliberate, Not Desperate: Philippine’s National Strategy With Respect To...
The Philippines did not simply bring China to court. Even before filing the case, the government had already wisely chosen to settle the dispute with the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) rather...
View ArticleDevious Plans Of China To Bring In Issue Of Andaman And Nicobar Islands...
By Commodore RS Vasan IN (Retd)* There have been some reports from New Delhi to indicate that China’s Officiating Ambassador to India made a quid-pro-quo suggestion to India seeking its support for its...
View ArticleSecuring The Third Offset Strategy: Priorities For Next US Secretary Of...
By Timothy A. Walton* Following a process of examining strategy, scenarios, and assessments, this article identifies for the next Secretary of Defense eight capability statements that merit attention...
View ArticleDiscouraging Outcome At Vientiane AMM-49 – Analysis
The 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting (AMM-49) that concluded in Vientiane, Laos’s capital, on 24 July 2016 with the attendance of ten members of ASEAN and the bloc’s General Secretary Le Luong Minh...
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New Study Reveals Where MH370 Plane Debris More Likely To Be Found
A team of researchers in Italy has used the location of confirmed debris from MH370 to determine where the airliner might have crashed, and where further debris could be found. The study was published...
View ArticleCod And Climate
In recent decades, the plight of Atlantic cod off the coast of New England has been front-page news. Since the 1980s in particular, the once-seemingly inexhaustible stocks of Gadus morhua — one of the...
View ArticleThe ‘ASEAN Way’ Or The Chinese Way? – Analysis
By K. Yhome* Meeting for the first time since the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruling on the South China Sea, the foreign ministers of the 10-member ASEAN adopted a joint communiqué on July 25....
View ArticleAbundant And Diverse Ecosystem Found In Area Targeted For Deep-Sea Mining
In a study published in Scientific Reports, scientists discovered impressive abundance and diversity among the creatures living on the seafloor in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ)–an area in the...
View ArticleAfrica’s Fish Are Being Plundered With Devastating Consequences – Analysis
By Malik Ibrahim There is a silent epidemic plaguing Africa’s shorelines, borne out of a crisis of global governance, greed, and indifference: the continent’s fish stocks are being depleted at an...
View ArticleAntarctic Sea Ice May Be Source Of Mercury In Southern Ocean Fish And Birds
New research has found methylmercury — a potent neurotoxin — in sea ice in the Southern Ocean. Published today in the journal Nature Microbiology, the results are the first to show that sea-ice...
View ArticleAfter The South China Sea Ruling – Resilience The ASEAN Way: Consensual...
The Vientiane communiqué of 25 July 2016 by ASEAN foreign ministers at their annual talks has been criticised as showing ineffectiveness. This is not the case if one examines it in the context of...
View ArticleSouth China Sea Verdict: Chinese Win Some, Lose Some – Analysis
By Sana Hashmi* On July 12, 2016, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) at The Hague announced the much-awaited verdict in the case on South China Sea. As anticipated, the decision was in the favour...
View ArticleDid Melting Of Frozen Methane Cause Rapid Climate Change 56 Million Years Ago?
New research, led by the University of Southampton, suggests that the release of methane from the seafloor was much slower than previously thought during a rapid global warming event 56 million years...
View ArticleModi’s Visit To Vietnam: Re-Asserting Freedom Of Navigation In Troubled...
By Maj. Gen. P. K. Chakravorty* India is extremely fortunate to have a Prime Minister who is leaving no stone unturned to activate our Act East policy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting Vietnam...
View ArticleChina’s Militarisation Of South China Sea: Creating A Strategic Strait? –...
China continues to up the ante in the South China Sea (SCS), by moving more military and paramilitary forces into the area. The apparent objective is to turn the SCS into a Chinese-controlled waterway...
View ArticleEscalations In The East China Sea: Is Conciliation Possible? – Analysis
Responding to both domestic and external pressures, China sends a strong signal by raising tensions in the East China Sea. Japan is likely to continue engagement of Southeast Asia to balance the...
View ArticleGetting Tougher: Vietnam’s Response To China’s South China Sea Bases – Analysis
By Felix K. Chang* (FPRI) — Over the last few months, Vietnam has quietly deployed the components of several Extended Range Artillery (EXTRA) rocket systems to five of the islands that it occupies in...
View ArticleFuture Fisheries Can Expect $10 Billion Revenue Loss Due To Climate Change
Global fisheries stand to lose approximately $10 billion of their annual revenue by 2050 if climate change continues unchecked, and countries that are most dependent on fisheries for food will be the...
View ArticleSri Lanka To Hold Survey Of Fishing, Marine Resources
Sri Lanka’s Minister of Fisheries Mahinda Amaraweera said that an extended survey of marine resources within the Sri Lankan sea area is due to be conducted again, after 38 years from the first marine...
View ArticleNew Insights Into Impacts Of Ocean Acidification
A new study recently published in the journal Global Biogeochemical Cycles offers clues to the potential impact of ocean acidification deep-sea, shell-forming organisms. This collaborative research,...
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