Council on Foreign Relations

China in the Indo-Pacific: October 2025

In October, China intensified coercive activities in the South China Sea while expanding military sales, diplomatic ...
CNN

Vietnam is taking a leaf out of China’s playbook to build fortified islands in the disputed South China Sea

Vietnam is on a South China Sea island-building binge that will likely see it soon surpass the area China has reclaimed in the strategic and contested Spratly Islands, according to a new report from ...
The Diplomat

The 2016 South China Sea Arbitration and the Limits of International Law

Nine years have passed since the arbitral tribunal established under Annex VII of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) issued its renowned award regarding the case brought by ...
War on the Rocks

Beijing’s South China Sea Campaign of Intimidation Has Run Aground

During a June 17 speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, U.S. Pacific Fleet commander Adm. Steve Koehler declared that despite an ongoing campaign of intimidation ...
Newsweek

India Wades Into Contested South China Sea on Side of US Ally

India will deploy warships to join South China Sea patrols next week in what analysts say is a "clear signal" of support for the Philippines in the U.S. ally's territorial dispute with China. Newsweek ...
The Diplomat

China Won’t Stop Playing With Fire in the South China Sea

China has once again pushed its South China Sea dispute with the Philippines to the brink of death. On August 11, a destroyer from China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) came dangerously close ...