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Expert briefing
Publication date: 16 May 2016

In response to China's activities in the South China Sea, the United States has begun to implement its South-east Asia Maritime Security Initiative (MSI), which seeks to build the…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 29 December 2020

South-east Asian countries are concerned about growing Chinese assertiveness and anxious about growing superpower rivalry in the region.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 12 January 2024

Vietnam is Russia’s closest partner in South-east Asia and has refused to criticise Moscow over the Ukraine war. Between 2000 and 2022, Russia accounted for more than 80% of…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 15 July 2016

A sweeping victory for the Philippines has dismantled any legal basis for expansive Chinese claims across much of the South China Sea.

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: 1 March 2023

A row between the Philippine and Chinese coast guards in mid-February underscored that tensions in the South China Sea remain elevated. Indonesia is the 2023 ASEAN chair.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 18 March 2015

London's actions drew a harsh, if unofficial, reaction from the White House. It underscores the growing rivalry between the United States and China over the changing architecture…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 31 July 2020

Tensions between China and the South-east Asian claimants have increased considerably in the first half of this year. This has prompted some of those South-east Asian countries…

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