By Greg Poling Recent months have seen a steady progression of China’s long-term strategy in the South China Sea, which can be loosely divided into two parts. Beijing is building up its maritime surveillance forces in the area and strengthening…
By Bonnie Glaser & Ely Ratner With the world watching Ukraine with wary eyes, the U.S. Navy’s lead admiral in the Pacific suggested Asia could face a similar crisis if the continent’s other major power continues on its current path. Since 2009, China has…
By Bonnie Glaser & Jacqueline Vitello Discussions between Presidents Obama and Xi on the margins of the nuclear security summit in The Hague were dominated by pressing issues such as Russia’s annexation of Crimea, persistent use of cyber by the…
By Elizabeth Barrett China’s success in establishing an Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) in the East China Sea has sparked speculation about the possibility of a Chinese ADIZ in the South China Sea. Further increasing this speculation, last November, when…
On Thursday, March 13, 2014, Bonnie Glaser, CSIS Senior Adviser for Asia within the Freeman Chair in China Studies, testified before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission in the Russell Senate Building on Capitol Hill. Bonnie and her fellow…
By Jonathan D. London Internationally, the rhythms of Vietnam’s political calendar are not frequently discussed. And yet in the context of escalating regional tensions and of fragile efforts to address them, it is worth noting that January, February, and March…
By Jacqueline Vitello As the United States attempts to persuade China to join the West in the fight for Ukraine’s future, China continues to do what China does best: hedge its bets. Beijing has made few significant statements on the…
By Ernest Z. Bower, Christopher K. Johnson, & Thomas M. Sanderson Four days ago, Malaysia Airlines flight 370 (MH370) disappeared over the South China Sea with 239 people on board en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Nine nations are…
By Nicole White Rapprochement between China and Taiwan has dominated cross-strait headlines in the last two months, and the topic looms large as a factor in upcoming party elections. Expectation of a three-way race between incumbent Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)…
By Priscilla A. Tacujan The U.S. State Department has put China on notice: international law will be the sole basis for arbitration the settlement of maritime conflicts in the Asia Pacific. In effect, it has rejected Chinese claims based on…
