The recent escalation of tensions in the South China Sea once again brought the decades-long territorial dispute to the brink of a violent confrontation that re

Recently the “China Threat” School has focused on the South China Sea as the point of US-China’s most evident flashpoint – and a likely challenge to US infl

It is summertime, and everyone is out sailing on the South China Sea. Unfortunately, the waters have gotten a bit choppy.  The Philippines and Vietnam, in part

In July 2010, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addressed reporters after attending the 17th ministerial meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations

As a great state with vast territory and a long coastline, China’s development depends heavily on the oceans for commerce, security and resources. It regards a

Since the early 1990s when China drew up its policies dealing with countries within the South China Sea, it has adopted a conciliatory approach to economic and

Washington fears the strategic situation in the Asia-Pacific is subtly changing in China's favor, potentially resulting in  the United States losing soft p

It has been “normal” for  China-US relations to  suffer from turbulence over the past few decades. The two countries have often collaborated on  common int

When President Barack Obama came to power in January 2009, the United States was sincerely extending its good will towards China. Since the end of the Cold Wa

The United States did not have an overall strategy toward the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for a long time. In its bilateral relations with AS