Keeping a low profile does not necessarily mean indifference
Troubled waters in South China Sea
The waters of the South China Sea are troubled. The latest weeks have not been that quiet in that geopolitical ... ... believes this to be a covert operation in order to spy on the Chinese military infrastructure and ships.
Ivan Timofeev:
Sino-Russian Relations Are Still Not an Alliance, but They Are More Than Partnership
Russia’s stake in the wrangle
Located thousands of kilometers away, Russia may look like a full-fledged outsider of this dispute. Still waters run deep. Back in 2016, ...
The latest edition of the annual IISS
Shangri-La Dialogue
conference that took place in Singapore on May 29–31, 2015, showed that the problem of the South China Sea, a little-known, distant and exotic land to Russians, is coming to the fore in both regional and world politics. As a matter of fact, the South China Sea is becoming one of the most important points of tension in the world, perhaps on a level comparable to that of the Persian Gulf.
The situation ...
No one supports a Chinese challenge to American power in the region, not even Russia
Political pundits routinely identify the Asia-Pacific region as a potential flashpoint for a future war between the great ... ...
Philippines
and
Vietnam
are involved in something approaching maritime guerilla warfare in order to resist Chinese expansion in the South China Sea. They are
reportedly considering
a formal alliance directed against China.
No shortage of long-festering disputes ...
