Losing the South China Sea
By Bill Hayton Foreign Policy Vietnam’s history is full of heroic tales of resistance to China. But this month Hanoi bent the knee to Beijing, humiliated in a contest over […]
Tag Archives: Chinese Navy
Assessing Naval Buildups in the South China Sea
By Steven Stashwick The Diplomat After decades of operating legacy Soviet platforms, Vietnam’s navy is acquiring advanced new frigates from Russia and the Netherlands, capable new Russian diesel-electric submarines, and […]
The South China Sea: Defining the ‘Status Quo’
By Andrew Chubb The Diplomat As East Asia’s maritime disputes continue to bubble, concern with the “status quo” is emerging as a staple component of many countries’ official policies on […]
China’s Island Builders
By Andrew S. Erickson & Conor M. Kennedy Foreign Affairs Recent satellite images show that the Spratly islands, a series of features in the South China Sea, are growing at […]
The Thresh 