Category: Geopolitics

A familiar pattern is beginning to set in after the increasingly frequent confrontations at sea between China and the Philippines: Japan and a group of Western governments, led by the U.S., immediately condemn China for its "dangerous manoeuvers," while governments in Southeast Asia remain noticeably quiet. ...

The Chinese embassy in the Philippines on Wednesday released a statement saying Washington should refrain from “instigating trouble” in the South China Sea and that the U.S. was to blame for stirring up trouble in the region. This follows similar denunciations ...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with his Australian counterpart Penny Wong and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Canberra on Wednesday, the newest indication that the relationship is warming up after a period of tension.    In his opening remarks at the ...

The Chinese Foreign Ministry delivered a simple, straightforward, and somewhat blunt message to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in response to his reaffirmation of Washington's "ironclad" promise to defend the Philippines in the event of a war: Stay out of the South China Sea dispute, it has nothing ...

One of the looming concerns about the increasingly contentious confrontation between China and the Philippines over territorial disputes in the South China Sea is what would be the trigger for Manila to activate the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) with the U.S. ...

By Léon Bruneau U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that the United States stands by its "ironclad" commitments to defend longtime ally the Philippines against armed attack in the South China Sea. Blinken's visit ...

Usually, the arrival of a U.S. cabinet secretary in Southeast Asia provokes a robust Chinese response, with statements from the Foreign Ministry in Beijing and a slew of critical coverage from state and party-controlled media. But in the run-up to U.S. ...

The tense South China Sea dispute between Beijing and Manila will likely intensify when the top diplomat from China's primary rival in South Asia tours three ASEAN countries, including the Philippines. India's External Affairs Minister, S. Jaishankar, will visit Malaysia, ...

New data tracking the number of cargo containers traveling from China to Mexico fuels suspicions that Chinese exporters are sidestepping U.S. sanctions by shipping goods to the Central American country, which are then brought over the border tariff-free. Chinese exports to ...

There's an increasingly widespread perception among some scholars and government officials in the U.S. that China is leveraging its considerable influence in developing countries to mobilize them against the U.S.-led international order. Michael Shuman, a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic ...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is due to hold talks with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday as the countries seek to reinforce security and economic ties to counter Chinese influence. Blinken's visit to Manila — his second since ...

U.S. and European officials often lament that they've fallen behind China when it comes to engaging Africa, Asia, the Americas, and other developing regions. Western governments aren't set up to rapidly deploy the kind of money and resources that Beijing's done ...