Topic
South China Sea
Contested maritime sovereignty around China, Taiwan, the Philippines and Southeast Asia.
- South China Sea fact Oct 20, 2026China says it sent forces to track USS Charleston near Sabina ShoalChina said it dispatched naval forces after the U.S. ship passed Sabina Shoal; Taiwan said a Chinese coast guard cutter entered restricted waters near Pratas.
- Read the instrument inference Jul 27, 2026Marcos Stops Before the DocketThe Philippine president said cases against former Speaker Martin Romualdez were near filing and reaffirmed the 2016 maritime award. The public record still contains neither a criminal information nor a new operating order.
- Maritime Order inference Jun 13, 2026Four navies, one tactic: law enforcement as coercion at seaIn one week, Iran, China, the US and the EU all reached for the same move: stop a ship, demand its papers, call it law enforcement. None of them called it war. That's the trick — and it isn't going away.