Geopolitics
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Chinese Police Plans in Disputed Seas
Police in the southern Chinese island province of Hainan will board and search ships which illegally enter what China considers its territory in the disputed South China Sea, state media […]
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An Island Dispute of Our Own
It’s not quite the Senkakus, but Stephen Kelly highlights a long-festering territorial dispute between the United States and Canada: Machias Seal Island is a 20-acre, treeless lump that sits nearly […]
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Nicaragua Patrolling Ex Colombian Waters
According to the Central American nation’s President, Nicaraguan ships are already exercising control over Caribbean waters granted to them by the International Court of Justice Nicaragua navy patrolling former Colombian […]
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Map in new Chinese e-passport riles Vietnam, Philippines
Beijing: China waded into a new controversy over its maritime claims as Vietnam and the Philippines protested the printing of Chinese map on the new e-passport showing the disputed islands […]
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Colombia Considers Withdrawing from Bogotá Pact Signed at the UN
Bogota, Nov 22 (Prensa Latina) The Colombian government is considering withdrawing from the Bogotá Pact, signed in 1948 and ratified 20 years later, recognizing the jurisdiction of the International Court […]
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Obama urges easing of Asian tensions
Barack Obama, the US president, has called on China, Japan and other Asian nations to show restraint as a series of simmering maritime disputes threatens to upset peace and stability […]
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Colombia Loses Territorial Waters
The maritime border between Colombia and Nicaragua was changed on Monday, and defined for good, following a highly anticipated ruling from the International Court of Justice in The Hague. The […]
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Obama at Asean summit as sea row rumbles
US President Barack Obama is attending a regional summit in Cambodia, with trade pacts and rumbling tensions over the South China Sea set to dominate. The East Asia summit is […]
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China: Corruption in Military Poses Test
BEIJING — An insider critique of corruption in China’s military, circulating just as new leadership is about to take over the armed forces, warns that graft and wide-scale abuses pose […]
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Manila paddles harder in the South China Sea
MANILA – At the recently concluded UN General Assembly in New York, Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario made an emphatic speech to rally global support for his country’s rule […]
