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2025-01-18 | BY Hu Bo
In the South China Sea, three types of contradictions—maritime disputes, geopolitical competition and rules and order games—will persist in the long term and continue to escalate. Meanwhile, with an increasingly strengthening influence and power to control the situation, China may lack the ability and conditions to resolve the issues in the short term, but is competent to manage the situation.
2024-12-02 | BY SCSPI
On November 18, 2024, Kumar Ramakrishna, Director of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, along with his team, visited the South China Sea Strategic Probing Initiative (SCSPI) to conduct the 4th SCSPI-RSIS South China Sea Roundtable.
2024-11-05 | BY SCSPI
The root causes of instability in the South China Sea are mainly three factors. First, the United States has nakedly “chosen sides” on the South China Sea issue, standing firmly on the opposite side of China. Second, some claimants in the South China Sea dispute are trying to solidify their vested interests. Third, the so-called ruling of the South China Sea Arbitration almost completely denies China’s claims in the South China Sea.
2024-10-30 | BY SCSPI
In MDA, the Philippines heavily relies on external support whether on equipment, platforms, systems or data. Despite acquiring quite a few new equipment, platforms and programs in recent years, a cohesive capability has not formed yet, leading to struggling progress.
2024-10-28 | BY Zheng Zhihua, Yan Pan
The Philippines is attempting to exploit the legal ambiguity to advance its territorial expansionist agenda by issuing contradictory statements regarding 'a commissioned warship,' 'a permanent station,' and 'low-tide elevation that cannot be be appropriated or subjected to sovereignty claims'. This strategy to disguise its territorial expansionist intentions by exploiting legal ambiguity is simply an attempt to conceal its true motives. Such disingenuous behavior must be scrutinized and addressed.