Vietnam has revved up South China Sea land reclamation efforts this year, beginning construction on eight previously ...

This narrative often prioritizes positions and emotions over facts. Central to this narrative is the "China threat" trope, ...

Incidents near the disputed Scarborough and Sabina shoals threaten to undermine recent efforts to put relations on a ...

A Russian naval flotilla arrived this week in the hotly contested South China Sea, where several countries—including Moscow’s quasi-ally China—have overlapping territorial claims. Newsweek has ...

As the Philippines takes the helm of ASEAN in 2026 as Chair, it must therefore steer the regional organization towards making significant progress in realizing a rules-based and actionable code of ...

The British and Australian militaries have challenged China's claims over the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea with a "freedom of navigation" operation. Newsweek reached out to the ...

Experts weigh the merits and limits of growing pivot in the region to uncrewed aircraft and the potential for 24/7 patrols ...

The State Department fired its top experts on the South China Sea and shuttered the office with a key focus on Indo-Pacific security amid a sweeping reorganization earlier this month, leaving gaps in ...

Philippine resupply vessel Unaizah May 4 is hit by a Chinese Coast Guard water cannon blast in the disputed South China Sea on March 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File) MANILA, Philippines (AP) — ...

Screenshot of Deputy Permanent Representative Sun Lei speaking at the UN General Assembly’s 80th session on December 8, 2025.

Professor Emeritus of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County The South China Sea has long been a bubbling geopolitical hot spot. Recently, a series of moves by the various nations ...

China's coast guard accused a Philippine ship of deliberately ramming one of its vessels on Tuesday near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. The Philippines denied it, saying ...