by Anil Powers | Oct 28, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads South China Sea: Beijing ‘Not Frightened to Fight a War’ After US Move Tom Phillips / The Guardian Twenty-four hours after Washington challenged Beijing’s territorial claims in the region by deploying a warship to waters around the disputed Spratly...
by Gary Sands | Jun 2, 2015 | Monitor
U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter arrives at the International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-la Dialogue, or IISS, for the 14th Asia Security Summit, Friday, May 29, 2015, in Singapore. TPhoto: Wong Maye-E, AP On Saturday in Singapore, U.S. Defense...
by Gary Sands | May 26, 2015 | Monitor
Chinese construction on the previously submerged Hughes Reef. Photo: Tuoi Tre I had not given much thought to the flight plan of the airline I recently booked to go back to the U.S. from Vietnam, but recent events in the airspace over the South China Sea prompted an...
by Sophia Dahodwala | Nov 24, 2014 | Monitor
International News Coverage Iran, Terrorism, Abkhazia, Morocco, Jerusalem, South China Sea Iran Nuclear Talks Extended Seven Months after Failing to Meet Deadline Louis Charbonneau and Fredrik Dahl | Reuters Iran and six powers failed for a second time this year on...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Jul 16, 2013 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis Within months after I arrived in Manila summer 1992, the US Navy took its ships and sailed off – the first time the Philippines had been left to fend for itself after 350 years of Spanish rule and 94 years of American military presence. (Photo...
