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Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia

How Indonesia stared down China in South China Sea

by John McBeth January 15, 2020February 18, 2020

Although known to be fiercely nationalistic, Indonesia’s diminutive Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi hardly looks the part of a “bad cop.” But that was the role she was apparently called on to play in Indonesia’s recent stand-off with China in sovereign waters north of the Natuna Islands. The hard line taken by Marsudi, chief political minister […]

Indonesian President Joko Widodo looks out to sea in a December 2018 government handout photo.
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia

China, Indonesia square-off in South China Sea

by John McBeth January 8, 2020February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Vietnam

Vietnam drops a legal gauntlet in South China Sea

by Richard Javad Heydarian November 12, 2019February 18, 2020
Indonesian President Joko Widodo looks out to sea in a December 2018 government handout photo.
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Indonesia, Israel, Malaysia, Middle East, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, Syria, Taiwan, Timor Leste, Vietnam, World

Indonesia arming up in the South China Sea

by John McBeth January 11, 2019February 18, 2020
Generic image of ships passing through a canal. Photo: Facebook
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Thailand the missing link in China’s Maritime Silk Road

by Benjamin Zawacki November 9, 2018February 18, 2020
Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad salutes the royal guard of honor during the opening ceremony of the parliament in Kuala Lumpur on July 17, 2018. Photo: AFP/Mohd Rasfan
Posted inAfghanistan, AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Iraq, Israel, Malaysia, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

Mahathir draws new line in the South China Sea

by Richard Javad Heydarian September 2, 2018February 18, 2020
A merged Chinese-Taiwanese flag. Image: iStock/Getty Images
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, Brunei, China, France, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Why China and Taiwan agree on the South China Sea

by Bertil Lintner June 17, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, Philippines, South Asia, Taiwan

China’s ‘new’ map aims to extend South China Sea claims

by Richard Javad Heydarian April 29, 2018February 18, 2020
China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy soldiers patrol at Woody Island, in the Paracel Archipelago in the South China Sea. Photo: Reuters
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Greater Bay Area, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Maldives, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, World

China senses and acts on US weakness in South China Sea

by Robert E. McCoy March 1, 2018March 14, 2018

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