The Chinese coast guard ship damaged in a collision with a Chinese naval vessel in the South China Sea earlier this month is now under repair at Hainan Island, according to satellite images seen by Reuters - the first confirmation that it made it back to port.| gCaptain
Philippine military watercraft have been prominently deployed to Manila's frontline in the South China Sea.| Naval News
Situated between the Gulf of Tonkin to the northwest, the Taiwan Strait to the northeast, and the Sulu Sea to the southeast, the South China Sea (SCS) borders several East and Southeast Asian countries. As the world’s most immense sea at 3.5-million square kilometers (about twice the size of Alaska), the South China Sea is a vital maritime trade route and sea line of communication (SLOC) on which many Asian nations and extra-regional powers are heavily dependent. Great resources are at stak...| Global Taiwan Institute
Hundreds of billions of dollars have gone to aiding Taipei but geography is still the island's best defense| Responsible Statecraft
NATO Naval Power Week By David Scott French maritime strategy has been on full public display with the deployment of the French Carrier Strike Group (CSG) from November 2024 to April 2025, carrying out an extended deployment across the Indo-Pacific in the furthest ever Operation Clemenceau. The French Carrier Strike Group included various components: FS … Continue reading French Maritime Strategy – Carrier-Led and Indo-Pacific Focused→| Center for International Maritime Security
By Neil Jerome Morales and Qianwei Zhang Jun 20, 2025 (Bloomberg) –China’s coast guard said it drove away a Philippine ship around Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, the latest...| gCaptain
Key Events * Lawyers Raise Concerns over Alleged Torture of Buddhist Practitioner Le Thanh Nhat Nguyen * International Organizations Condemn Vietnam’s Sentencing of Duong Van Thai * Bui Van Thuan and Trinh Ba Tu Cease Hunger Strikes After Prison Authorities Agree to Improve Living Conditions * Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Urges Beijing to Release| The Vietnamese Magazine
The Vietnamese Communist Party lost its long-ruling chief earlier this month, and his death could spell trouble for the EU’s cordial relationship with Hanoi. Vietnam’s new leaders, including recently installed President To Lam, have little interest in breaking with Hanoi’s tried-and-tested foreign policy of finding a balance between all powers, analysts say. But their lack of… Continue reading With Nguyen Phu Trong gone, are EU-Vietnam ties at risk?| CEIAS