-(South China Morning Post 27/12) Sweeping change of China's top military guard: Reshuffle of senior military brass and armed police comes amid graft crackdown
-(PhilNews 26/12) PN to set up maritime domain awareness centers; to acquire new weaponry: The move is in line with the objective of boosting its maritime situational awareness capability. –(PhilStar 27/12) Philippine Coast Guard to hire more personnel in 2015
-(PhilStar 25/12) Phl beefing up sea patrol assets: Ten brand new ships, 25 light trucks and more than a hundred motorcycles are due to arrive next year.
-(CRI 24/12) Largest Island in South China Sea Expanded for Runway, Apron: Phu Lam Island - the largest island in the South China Sea - has expanded by 40 percent after land reclamation.
- (QDND 24/12) Evidence proves Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa: About 100 maps and dozens of documents and objects of foreign and domestic researchers and scholars are on display at the exhibition “Hoang Sa and Truong Sa islands–Historical and legal evidence”.
-(Strait Times 23/12) Law and realpolitik in the South China Sea: China's rejection of the international process is both a missed opportunity and a disappointing corollary to its intransigence on the South China Sea dispute.
-(The Nation 23/12) Maritime spats 'stir undersea arms race': Beijing is making East, South China seas more dangerous for others and potentially for itself.
-(The Diplomat 22/12) International Law and the South China Sea: China’s approach to international law is driving the US and ASEAN into a ‘juridical alliance.’ -(Reuters 22/12) From Baltic to Asia, East-West aerial confrontations heat up
-(The Diplomat 21/12) Time for Europe to Get Strategic in Its Arms Exports to Asia: The political relationships that result from the expansion of trade, and the defense policy relations formed through arms deals, could be used to reinforce Europe’s influence in the region. –(Rappler 20/12) PH lawyer: We can ‘demolish’ China’s arguments
-(Reuters 20/12) China offers $3 billion in aid and loans to neighbors: For mainland ASEAN countries to improve infrastructure and production, and to fight poverty.
-(Eurasiareview 20/12) Is China’s Coast Guard troubling the waters? Farther CCG patrols may increase the risk of friction in the region, particularly if appropriate mechanisms are not in place. –(The National Interest 20/12) Dragon on the High Seas: China's 3 Most Lethal Weapons of War on the Water
-(The Diplomat 21/12) Time for Europe to Get Strategic in Its Arms Exports to Asia: ‘It is high time that Germany and Europe strategically tackled the security policy challenges they face in the Far East.’ –(Rappler 20/12) PH lawyer: We can ‘demolish’ China’s arguments
