Furthering U.S. Strategic Goals in the South China Sea
By Gregory Poling China’s reclamation blitz in the Spratly Islands continues unabated, despite condemnation from fellow claimants and outside nations. Chinese dredging ships have been hard at work...
View ArticleThe ASEAN Summit: Harbinger of Future Progress?
By Gregory Poling Most observers could be forgiven for seeing the April 26–27 ASEAN Summit in Malaysia as another in a long series of head-of-state talk shops by the grouping. It did not issue any...
View ArticleThe Lessons in Fiji’s Campaign to Change the PIF
By Gregory Poling Fijian prime minister Voreqe “Frank” Bainimarama on May 6 reiterated that he will not attend any Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders’ meetings as long as Australia and New Zealand...
View ArticleCarter on the South China Sea: Committed & (Mostly) Clear
By Gregory Poling Defense Secretary Ashton Carter’s remarks at the Shangri-La Dialogue on May 30 amounted to a robust, but measured, defense of the United States’ rebalance to the Asia Pacific and its...
View ArticleAustralia Has a Larger Role to Play in the South China Sea
By Gregory Poling Both the tone and substance of South China Sea discussions in Australian policy circles has undergone an important shift in recent months. What was previously a second-tier security...
View ArticleSophistry & Bad Messaging in the South China Sea
By Gregory Poling Chinese authorities, as well as sympathetic writers, have in recent months sought to deflect criticism of China’s island-building campaign in the Spratlys by insisting that Beijing is...
View ArticleThe Upside of Melanesian Leaders’ West Papua Compromise
By Gregory Poling Ongoing troubles in the West Papua region, and the unwanted attention they have garnered, are a sore spot for Indonesian authorities. They undermine the larger narrative of an...
View ArticleThe Dual Policy Challenge of the South China Sea
By Gregory Poling CSIS hosted its fifth annual South China Sea conference on July 21. The event garnered more interest and a considerably larger audience—both in CSIS’s at-capacity conference room and...
View ArticleAung San Suu Kyi’s All-or-Nothing Election Strategy
By Gregory Poling Editor’s Note: The following post is the fifth in a series by CSIS Sumitro Chair scholars framing the political situation ahead of Myanmar’s general elections in November 2015....
View ArticleSouth China Sea FONOP 2.0: A Step in the Right Direction
By Gregory Poling The Navy destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur passed within 12 nautical miles of Triton Island, the southernmost of the Paracel Islands, on January 30 in the second operation in the South...
View ArticleA Tumultuous 2016 in the South China Sea
By Gregory Poling – This promises to be a landmark year for the claimant countries and other interested parties in the South China Sea disputes. Developments that have been underway for several years,...
View ArticleJudgment Day: The South China Sea Tribunal Issues Its Ruling
By Gregory Poling, Michael J. Green, Murray Hiebert, Christopher K. Johnson, Amy Searight & Bonnie Glaser — Today an arbitral tribunal at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague issued a...
View ArticlePodcast on Arbitration Outcomes with Paul Reichler, Philippines’ Lead Counsel
In the first segment of their three-part discussion, CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative director Greg Poling and Paul Reichler, partner at Foley Hoag and lead counsel for the Philippines’ in...
View ArticleThe CSIS Podcast: Decoding Duterte’s First 100 Days
As President Rodrigo Duterte completes his first 100 days as leader of the Philippines, the former mayor has caused ripples by questioning the foundation of the alliance between the United States and...
View ArticlePrepare for a Stormy 2017 in the South China Sea
By Gregory Poling — Beijing’s behavior over the last six months has not been what many expected after the Philippines’ sweeping arbitral victory in July. There has been no new island-building, no...
View ArticleCogitAsia Podcast: Cloudy Horizon in U.S.-Philippine Relations
Ties between Washington and Manila have been on a downward trajectory since President Rodrigo Duterte took office in June 2016. In this joint podcast with the CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency...
View ArticleTensions Bubble to the Surface in China-Vietnam Spat
By Murray Hiebert & Gregory Poling — Fan Changlong, vice chairman of China’s Central Military Commission, was scheduled to make a two-day official visit to Hanoi on June 18-19 before joining...
View ArticleA Dramatic Year Fails to Smooth the South China Sea
By Gregory Poling & Geoffrey Hartman — The Seventh Annual CSIS South China Sea Conference on July 18 brought together security, legal, and environmental experts to review events of the past year....
View ArticlePodcast: The South China Sea in the New Year
In the latest Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative podcast, CSIS experts Zack Cooper and Bonnie Glaser join AMTI director Gregory Poling to discuss the South China Sea at the start of 2018, including...
View ArticleCogitAsia Podcast: Unpacking Congress’s Role in Asia Policy & the 2019 NDAA
In this episode, we review the Asia-related sections of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, and explore Congress’s role in framing U.S. policy toward Asia. Returning to the podcast to...
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