What if world leaders, starting with the U.S., took seriously Pope Francis’ call to treat global crises as moral issues?
What Better U.S.-China Cooperation Might Look Like
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Law Of The Sea
Parsing the East Asian Powder Keg
The simmering tensions in East Asia are echoes of Washington’s Cold War intrigues—and the Pentagon’s not-so-secret plans for battle with China.
A Budding Alliance: Vietnam and the Philippines Confront China
The Philippines and Vietnam are natural allies in their common territorial struggles against China. But they should leave Washington out of it.
Pivoting Toward the South China Sea?
The highly publicized dispute between China and the Philippines over the Scarborough Shoal in recent weeks has become yet another reminder of the ongoing tensions in the South China Sea. The upheaval began when a former U.S. coast guard ship refitted by the Philippines navy attempted to detain Chinese fishermen off the shoal.
Time to Ratify the Law of the Sea
From space, the Earth looks like a fragile drop of blue, green, brown, and white floating in a sea of black. National borders are not visible. But the vast oceans and seas are. What from space appears to be humanity’s common heritage, however, is the subject of considerable dispute.