Sep 07, 2011
In fact, the real problem between the two countries, and their militaries, is not that they don’t know the other’s worries or concerns.
Aug 10, 2011
Since the EP-3 Hainan Island Incident in 2001, several rows have broken out between China and the U.S. over the navigational rights of military vessels in China
Zhong Sheng, Independent Analyst in Beijing
Jul 30, 2011
Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, recently visited China. This visit is a response to top Chinese General Chen Bingde's visit
Jul 30, 2011
The military relationship between the United States and China is one of the world’s most important. And yet, clouded by some misunderstanding and suspicion, it
Cai Penghong, Senior Fellow, SIIS
Jul 30, 2011
The fact that maritime security in the South China Sea was discussed as one of the timely issues demonstrates both China and US are interested in maintaining pe
Fidel Ramos, Member, ASEAN Eminent Persons Group
Jul 26, 2011
One of the main sources of tension in Asia nowadays are the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, where the Philippines, Vietnam, China, and others have confl
Ma Ying, Professor, Shanghai Institutes for Int'l Studies
Jul 18, 2011
No single country in the world has sufficient resources to ensure complete safety of the oceans. China-US cooperation will not only achieve win-win results, but also be beneficial to other countries. The potential range of cooperation covers joint maritime search and rescue, and peace keeping over the sea, etc. as well as jointly fighting traditional and non-traditional security threats on the ocean.
Admiral Bill Owens, an admiral in the United States Navy and later Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Jul 18, 2011
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
Alan S Alexandroff, Director of the Global Summitry Project, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto
Jul 14, 2011
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
Elizabeth Economy, Senior Fellow & Director, Asia Studies
Jul 01, 2011
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