Critical Mineral Is Testing Climate Cooperation From the High Seas to the Arctic

China’s Emerging Maritime Security Challenge

The Arctic Enters a New Phase of Competition

The Strait of Malacca: Conditionality Contained?

China-Russia Cooperation in the Arctic: Patterns, Constraints, and Policy Implications

Australia Navigates Strategic Vacuum in Indo-Pacific

The Strait of Hormuz: Transit Passage and Conditionality Under Pressure

Strategic Waterways Under Pressure: From Free Passage to Conditional Passage?

Why Maritime Strain Is Becoming a Global Governance Problem

Potential China-Philippine Joint Development of Oil and Gas Resources in the South China Sea: Prospects and Problems

Bridging the Gap Between Science and Policy in Arctic Climate Cooperation

Strait of Hormuz

Conflict in the Middle East is boosting the value of the Arctic windfall

Marcos Jr.’s China reset promotes Philippine security

Mining Code Countdown: Inside the ISA’s March Window—and the Interest-Group Fault Lines Shaping Deep-Sea Governance

Why has Trump’s Proposal for a “Escort Coalition” in the Strait of Hormuz been Slow to Materialize?

Rome’s Arctic Message: Observer Participation and Competing Greenland Narratives

Trump’s Maritime Insurance Gambit Signals a New Phase in U.S-China Competition

Iran’s “Closure” of the Strait of Hormuz as a Reprisal to US-Israeli Joint Attack: A Legality Analysis

Japan’s Growing Maritime Defense Industry

Close Encounters in the Gulf: Why Rules and Communication Matter

U.S. Military Operations Against Venezuela

The Greenland myth: Why invasion talk misleads

Greenland’s stress test of Nato will ripple beyond the Arctic

From Rules to Bargains

From Text to Practice: The Rise of Implementation Politics in Ocean Governance 

Hainan Free Trade Port

Managing Maritime Disputes Today: A Three-Pillar Framework for a Crowded Maritime Century

The IMO and Global Maritime Decarbonization

The Antarctic Deadlock: What the 2025 CCAMLR Meeting Reveals About the Future of Ocean Governance

The Philippines’ Legal Offensive and the Evolving Lawfare in the South China Sea: Anticipating International Legal Pathways and China’s Strategic Responses

Interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla in International Waters

Ocean Governance in the Arctic: Balancing the Three Cs—Competition, Cooperation, and Conservation

The Price of Docking Costs Trade Stability

Counter Narcotic Operations in the Caribbean Sea

Can Multilateralism Survive Deep Seabed Mining Race?

What Scarborough nature reserve plan means for South China Sea

Huangyan reserve a milestone in ocean governance

Soft Consensus, Hard Stalemates: Institutional Dilemma in Antarctic Governance

Standoff at Second Thomas Shoal: the Philippines’ Paradox and China’s Dilemma

Gray Zones, Missiles, Shadow Fleets, and Cyber Threats: The New Maritime Disorder

Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Polar Law

The Aircraft Carrier Fujian

Shadow Fleets in the Arctic: Uncharted Waters for Governance and Sanctions

From Ethics to Law: The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Climate Obligations of States

MAP Spotlight: International LNG Shipping

Ethan Guo’s Antarctic Landing: What a Teen Pilot’s Flight Reveals About Law and Governance at the South Pole

Yellow Sea controversy: Searching for fact in foggy US criticism

MAP Spotlight: Retiring the USS Nimitz

Charting the Blue Future: Reflections on the 2025 UN Ocean Conference in France

Russia’s Arctic Bet: Can Asia Deliver on NSR Ambitions?

A Test for the Future of Global Ocean Law

MAP Spotlight: Emissions Strategy for Maritime Shipping

Diverging Currents: U.S.–China Strategies on Deep Seabed Mining and the Future of Ocean Governance

Viability of UNCLOS amid Emerging Global Maritime Challenges

Halfway There: Tracking the Global Momentum for the BBNJ Treaty

MAP Spotlight: U.S. Tariffs on Shipbuilding

Trump’s Shipbuilding Ambition Risks Backfiring on His Big Deal

Beijing’s approach to South China Sea tensions: reduce now, resolve later

Is Washington agitating for Manila to initiate arbitration again?

The Black Sea Chessboard: US, Russia, and Ukraine in a High-Stakes Gambit

Moratoriums vs. Mining: How ISA’s 30th Session Wrestled With Environmental Thresholds, Profit Sharing, and the Rush to Regulate

MAP Spotlight: The U.S. Shipbuilding Industry

Opinion | As China modernises its navy, the US races to stay ahead

A flawed legal fantasy rooted in arrogance

MAP Spotlight: Gulf of Mexico

Who owns the Arctic? Trump’s vision and the global power struggle

Navigating the South China Sea: Key Developments in 2024 and What to Expect in 2025

Any US bid to retake Panama Canal would be prohibitively costly

MAP Spotlight: Offshore Wind Power

MAP Spotlight: J-35A Stealth Fighter

How the West can navigate Sino-Russian cooperation in the Arctic

MAP Spotlight: Port of Chancay

MAP Spotlight: U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Arctic Affairs

Reflection from the 2024 Arctic Circle Assembly: Charting the Future of Arctic Governance

Navigating the Arctic Shifts

MAP Spotlight: IUU Fishing

Opportunities, Challenges, and the Uncertain Future of Sino-Russian Cooperation in the Arctic

Handbill Spotlight – The Nord Stream Pipelines

Media Manipulation and Strategic Tension: The Philippines’ Role in the South China Sea Dispute

MAP Spotlight: Icebreakers

The U.S. DOD’s 2024 Arctic Strategy is a welcome respite from fatalistic views on China

How the Ukraine Conflict is shaping Arctic defense budgets

Legal moves turn South China Sea into a public image battleground

MAP Spotlight: ITLOS

MAP Spotlight: Baltic Sea

A Landmark Advisory Opinion: ITLOS Strengthens Legal Framework for Climate Action

Big Wave and Undercurrent: Washington’s Duo-Track Efforts to Compete with China in the Global Maritime Influence

Rivalries aside, it’s vital for US and Chinese navies to keep talking

MAP Spotlight: Hainan

Some Observations on the U.S. Announced Extended Continental Shelf Outer Limits

Taking Down “Made-in-China” Cranes Cannot Address U.S. Weakness in The Shipping Industry

How Ukraine war and sanctions on Russia put Arctic cooperation on ice

Spy cranes or not, the U.S. will come after China’s shipping industry

MAP Spotlight: Offshore Drilling

As Red Sea shipping attacks continue, pressure grows for China to act

2024-The South China Sea at a Crossroads: More Unilateral Actions Ahead (9DASHLINE In Forum)

MAP Spotlight: Deep-Sea Mining

Navigating U.S.-China Maritime Relations

Emission Control Areas in the Mediterranean and their implications for the South China Sea

US-China Global Maritime Relations

MAP Spotlight: The Red Sea

MAP Spotlight: Submarine Volcanoes

MAP Spotlight: Air Interception and Close Encounters

MAP Spotlight: The Panama Canal

MAP Spotlight: Ocean Temperature

MAP Spotlight: Nine-Dash Line

MAP Spotlight: Maritime Search and Rescue

China and the United States in the South Pacific Ocean: Will Strategic Competition or Practical Cooperation Drive the Future Development

MAP Spotlight: U.S. Shipping Reforms

MAP Spotlight: Joint Naval Exercise

MAP Spotlight: Strait of Malacca

MAP Spotlight: Carrier Strike Groups

MAP Spotlight: The Black Sea

MAP Spotlight: Taiwan Strait

MAP Spotlight: Antarctic Treaty System

MAP Spotlight: Northern Sea Route

MAP Spotlight: Maritime Shipping

MAP Spotlight: The Maldives

MAP Spotlight: ASEAN

MAP Spotlight: Green Shipping

MAP Spotlight: UNCLOS

MAP Spotlight: Blue Carbon and Marine Protected Areas

MAP Spotlight: F35 Lightning II

MAP Spotlight: Guam

Will the US Permit the ROK its Own Nuclear Deterrent?

The Maritime Bedrock of the U.S.-Philippines Alliance

Why China is hesitant about endorsing marine protected area proposals in the Antarctic

What does the High Seas Treaty imply for China in the South China Sea and the Arctic Ocean?

The New Marcos Administration

As war in Ukraine freezes the Arctic Council, how will Asia break the ice?

South Korea’s Indo-Pacific Strategy: Some Takeaways

Challenges and Expectations for the Conservation and Restoration of Seagrass beds as Blue Carbon Ecosystems

Encyclopedia of Ocean Law and Policy in Asia-Pacific: China

China and the United States in the Arctic

Xi must walk his talk of reform and transformation

Why Russia’s Arctic agenda should be of more concern than China’s actions

U.S.-Pacific Island Country Summit: Geopolitics trumps development

Protecting Blue Carbon From Extreme Weather’s Destruction and For Its Mitigation

How will China Respond to the ROK-US EDSCG Meeting?

Significant Changes in Russia’s Arctic Affairs are on the Horizon

Taiwan Wargame Simulations Could Exacerbate U.S. Strategic Miscalculation

The U.S. View on ‘Historic Rights’ within the Nine Dash Line

It is What You Make of It

Limits in the Seas No. 150 and the U.S.’s Misinterpretation of ‘Historic Rights’

General Wei Fenghe’s Address at the 2022 Shangri-La Dialogue

Secretary Lloyd Austin’s Address at the 2022 Shangri-La Dialogue

Marine Protected Areas in the High Seas: A Multilateral Resolution and Unilateral Quandary for Blue Carbon Conservation

Technology Solutions to Determine Maritime Zones

The South Pacific Ocean: Another battleground for China-US competition?

China’s cautious navigation amid talk of a new Cold War in the Arctic

The Roles of the United States and China in Antarctic Maritime Governance

A Different Approach to UNCLOS

Having its Cake and Eating it Too: The U.S. and State Practice in Outlying Archipelagos

Unfolding Black And White Of China’s Bri In The Indian Ocean

A Vision of Action on Marine Plastic Debris in the Asia-Pacific

From Pragmatism to UNCLOS Purism

The Other Side of the Polar Coin

The Quad’s maritime rule of law hypocrisy

Weighing the Sources of International Law

Beijing’s Creative Compliance and non-Compliance in the South China Sea

Quad’s India Problem: No Different From Beijing

Encyclopedia of Public International Law in Asia: China

Analyzing legal and political issues surrounding historic Arctic voyage

China and the Antarctic: Presence, policy, perception, and public diplomacy

The Taiwan Question as a Bipartisan Bridge on U.S.-China Relations

The South China Sea Arbitration Award Five Years Later

Security, Strategy, and Military Dynamics in the South China Sea: Cross-National Perspectives

How cooperation on climate change, polar research can help thaw US-China relations

Maritime Port Acquisitions and Development as Indicators of National Strategy

ASEAN in the driver’s seat in the South China Sea

China and the South China Sea: Continuities and Adaptions

Weighing the Sources of International Law: The Arctic, Antarctica and the South China Sea

China’s Approach to Ocean Governance: Multilateralism Based Policy and Practice

Djibouti, Africa: A potential point of U.S.-China engagement

Historical evidence is indispensable to China’s South China Sea claims

Going It Alone or Moving Cooperative; Evaluating Indonesian Polices on IUU Fishing in Disputed Waters in the South China Sea

Strategy of a Small State with Great Powers: The Philippines Amidst US-China Rivalry in the South China Sea

Supporting ASEAN’s Centrality and Neutrality, Neutralizing U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy

The Comparison between the Dongsha Island Incident and the Nine Small Islands Incident

The US Approach to Joint Development in the South China Sea

China’s Claims in the South China Sea

Going Beyond the ‘Original Inter-Arctic States’: China Acting in the Arctic and Observing the Arctic Council

Essential Principles in the South China Sea

Ocean Governance in the Asia-Pacific and the Arctic: Regional Practice and Lessons Learned

Book Review, International Negotiation: A Process of Relational Governance for International Common Interest

Book Review, The South China Sea Arbitration: Legal Dimension

The Impact of the South China Sea Arbitration Award: A Chinese Perspective

India is Not the Indo-Pacific Strategy’s Silver Bullet

Breaking the Ice

Turbulence on the horizon in the South China Sea?

China’s Role in the Arctic: Observing and Being Observed

Jakarta Should Not Dismiss Beijing’s ‘Historic Rights’ Claim

Freedom of Navigation: Where to Go When the Political Agenda Overshadows Legal Substance

Indo-Pacific Strategy and China’s Response

China-India Relations: Restoring Maritime Commons

Historic Fishing Rights in Foreign Exclusive Maritime Zones: Preserved or Proscribed by UNCLOS?

The East China Sea Tracker

The South China Sea Maritime Tracker

China-India Ties: Modi and the Renewal of Defence of India

US Brings New Partners into South China Sea Drill

Arctic ambitions of China, Russia – and now the US – need not spark a cold war

US, Russia and China in the Arctic: Seeking Cooperation despite Increasing Competition

What a navy ship stranded on a South China Sea shoal reveals about China-Philippine relations

Freedom of Navigation: A Lost Legal Doctrine

ASEAN and China should seize the opportunity in the South China Sea

China Scores with ASEAN Play as Trump’s America Loses its Way in South China Sea

Archipelagic Regime in the South China Sea: A Debate on the Rights of Continental States’ Outlying Archipelagos

India’s Actions in the South China Sea Will Speak Louder than its Words

The South China Sea Arbitration: A Test for the Efficacy of Compulsory Mechanism of UNCLOS

Maritime Order and the Law in East Asia

China-ASEAN relations in the South China Sea: Persistent features and obstacles to cooperation

China’s New Arctic Policy: Legal Questions and Practical Challenges

China’s Interests in the Arctic: Opportunities & Challenges

International observers warm to China’s Arctic policy

ICAS Preview: The South China Sea in 2018

How Much Will the South China Sea Remain Critical for China-US Relations?

Maritime Confidence Building Measures in the South China Sea

What South China Sea Rivals Can Learn From the Doklam Border Dispute

Forget the Chatter, ASEAN-China Relations are Actually Stable

New Report Chapter – Post-Arbitration South China Sea: China’s Legal Policy Obligations and Future Prospects

Trump’s Emerging South China Sea Policy

Understanding the Freedom of Navigation Doctrine and China-U.S. Relations in the South China Sea

Uncertainty in ASEAN-China-US Relations on the South China Sea

Beyond the UUV Incident: Challenges in the South China Sea for the Trump Administration

Tillerson’s Brush with South China Sea History

Does China’s Military Buildup in the South China Sea Threaten U.S. Security?

The South China Sea Disputes: What’s Next?

The South China Sea Arbitral Tribunal Award: Political and Legal Implications for China

NISCSS Report on the Military Presence of the United States of America in the Asia-Pacific Region (2016)

Can Abe and Putin negotiate a draw in their territorial disputes?

FONOPs in the South China Sea

Sino-Indian Maritime Affairs in the Asian Century

No Restraint: Judicial Activism in the South China Sea Arbitration Ruling

Asia’s Future: Become Another Middle East or Avoid South China Sea War

The South China Sea: Post-Arbitral Policy Considerations

The South China Sea Dilemma: A Political Game of International Law

The Regional Implications of Philippines v. China for ASEAN and China

Why China is Right to Say No to the South China Sea Ruling

The South China Sea: China Won’t Accept Cursory Judgement of its Inherent Rights

The U.S.-China Battle in the Post-Arbitration South China Sea: Diverging and Converging Interests

Managing China’s “Strategic Shock” in the South China Sea

Fishing Freedoms on the Hook in Indonesia-China Legal Dispute

Philippines v China Arbitration: be careful what you wish for

Beijing Has Case for Historic Rights at Sea

Arbitration Concerning the South China Sea: Philippines versus China

China-US Relations and the May 2016 Philippine Elections

Reconsidering the Role of Arbitration in the South China Sea

The US-ASEAN Honeymoon Shouldn’t Come at China’s Expense

The South China Sea Arbitration Case Could Exacerbate Disputes in the South China Sea

Philippines v China: Putting the Status Cart Before the Sovereignty Horse

Chinese Perspectives on the Philippines-China Arbitration Case in the South China Sea

The South China Sea: A Place for Handshakes, not Arm-Wrestling

The Need to Avoid Incidents at Sea

China’s Evolving Approach to the South China Sea Issues

UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and the South China Sea

The Post-Hearing Reality in the South China Sea Arbitration Case

US Ambivalence in the South China Sea

The South China Sea Spats: An Alternative View

A Look at China’s Stance on the South China Sea Dispute (Nong Hong talks with DW)

China’s Arctic Interests Align with the Framework of New Arctic Council Chair’s Agenda

China’s Maritime Law Enforcement Reform and its Implications to the Regional Maritime Disputes

2014 South China Sea Timeline

The Post-Reclamation Scenario in the South China Sea: the Role of China and the United States

China’s Emerging Interests in the Arctic

Provoking China on South China Sea Issues is a Dangerous Tactic

China’s “Nine-dash Line” Claim: The US Misunderstands

Emerging interests of non-Arctic countries in the Arctic: a Chinese perspective

China’s Newly Formed Coast Guard and Its Implication for Regional Maritime Disputes

Recent Developments in the South China Sea Dispute: the Prospect of a Joint Development Regime

Non-Traditional Security Issues and the South China Sea: Shaping a New Framework for Cooperation

Behind the South China Sea Disputes

Securing the Safety of Navigation in East Asia: Legal and political dimensions

Solving Disputes for Regional Cooperation and Development in the South China Sea: A Chinese perspective

Maritime Security Issues in the South China Sea and the Arctic: Sharpened Competition or Collaboration?

UNCLOS and Ocean Dispute Settlement: Law and Politics in the South China Sea