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Guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur is seen in the South China Sea, where the US and allies have been conducting freedom of navigation exercises after China's controversial occupation of many disputed islets. Photo: US Navy via Reuters.

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How can East Asia defuse multiple maritime security risks?

by Andrew Salmon October 3, 2018February 18, 2020

East Asia’s oceans are sources of massive wealth and vital highways of world trade, but the East China Sea and South China Sea are riven with state-to-state hostilities, making its many disputed territories flashpoints of potential conflict. Exacerbating this risk at a time when regional powers such as China and Japan are upgrading their navies […]