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Expert briefing
Publication date: 6 July 2020

At the conclusion of the meeting, a customary statement was issued by the bloc’s chair, which this year is Vietnam. Among other points, the statement confirmed establishment of a…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 28 July 2016

The case was adjudicated under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Manila won the ruling, but Beijing has rejected it.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 3 November 2016

Chinese officials later clarified that no formal agreement had been reached, while both countries still claim the shoal. Nonetheless, the visit, in which Duterte repeated his…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 11 August 2017

Regional leaders had been anxious that Washington under US President Donald Trump seemed relatively uninterested in the region. Tillerson was also preparing the way for Trump’s…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 18 November 2020

The four countries -- each of which is an ASEAN dialogue partner -- form a security bloc known as the ‘Quad’. China, another ASEAN dialogue partner, resents the grouping, claiming…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 23 November 2023

Separately, regional leaders were somewhat reassured by the modest rapprochement between China and the United States -- influential powers in South-east Asia -- on the margins of…

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