A Quick Showdown between France’s Submarines and AUKUS’s Submarines

On March 15th, former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating affirmed that the AUKUS’s deal was “worst deal in all history” by an Australian Labor government and said that the previous French proposal to Australia was far better, after the leaders from AUKUS members announced the detailed cooperation plan two days earlier.

Is China Providing Public Goods, Strengthening Maritime Claims, or Both?

Why the negotiations for the Philippines-China joint energy development in the South China Sea has not come to fruition

Is BRICS Re-Defining World Order?

Deep-sea Mining in the International Seabed Area: A Potential "Gold Mine" or Irreparable Harm?

How European Public Views French President Macron’s Taiwan Statement

Weekly Bulletin (26/3-31/3) 

Weekly Bulletin (17-23/4)

China Coast Guard ships’ operations in the South China Sea in 2022

On January 30, 2022, the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) published a report on Chinese coast guard ships’ patrols at five features in the South China Sea, illustrating China's trend of large-scale coast guard deployment in disputed areas.

China's 'Joint Sword' Exercise: An Escalation or Not?