by Mary Ameringer | Apr 15, 2022 | Asia, China, History, North America, South China Sea, Southeast Asia, Trade, U.S. Foreign Policy, Uncategorized
Bao Bao during her public debut at the National Zoo in 2013. Her birth appeared on the zoo’s live panda cam and generated a surge in viewership that crashed the site. Is there something more to these beloved bears than munching on bamboo and bumbling around? April 16,...
by Mark Rook | Nov 5, 2021 | All, Arbitration, China, Exclusive Economic Zone, South China Sea, UNCLOS
Over five years have passed since the Permanent Court of Arbitration issued a binding decision that China had breached its obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). China’s offenses included fishing within the Philippines’...
by Akhilesh Pillalamarri | Jun 11, 2021 | All, Asia, China, Comparative Law, India, Law of the Sea, Law of War, Middle East & North Africa, National Security, South China Sea, Southeast Asia, Trade, U.S. Foreign Policy
The 21st century is called the “Asian Century” and not without reason. The image below shows the Valeriepieris circle, a hypothetical circle in Asia that contains more than half of the world’s population. In other words, more people live inside the circle than outside...
by Ha Huynh | May 2, 2021 | All, China, Law of the Sea, South China Sea, Southeast Asia, Territorial Disputes
Speckled on the vast ocean, the Paracel and Spratly Islands comprise clusters of islands and islets in the South China Sea. Mostly uninhabitable and doubtfully rich with resources, the South China Sea has been the source of increasing contention officially on the...
