PCA South China Sea ruling

Myanmar’s fourth estate

by Elliot Brennan

The trial of two Reuters reporters is a sign of a withering local press and the rise of social media rumourmongering.

Economic diplomacy brief: India ties, Labor on BRI

by Greg Earl

Infrastructure wars in Asia, a Japan-Europe deal, and the Varghese India report got a surprisingly low-profile launch.

“Poor old” China meets “poor young” Africa

by Lauren A. Johnston

Population ageing in China opens a new window for African development – and the wider world should pay attention, too.

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DFAT on China and Timor-Leste: No 'two-step' but one considered approach

Dr Michael Leach makes a number of inaccurate claims in his Interpreter post: 'The PCA ruling, Australia and Timor-Leste'. Dr Leach asserts Australia is engaged in a ‘two-step’ in its approach to international law with China and Timor-Leste. He also appears to accept a premise of Australia’s

By Allaster Cox

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More heat than light in Australian FONOPs debate

Australia’s febrile domestic politics produced another petty point-scoring moment after the shadow defence minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, sought political mileage from last Tuesday’s historic South China Sea arbitration. Senator Conroy criticised the government for not sanctioning

By Greg Raymond

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South China Sea: A course-correction needed

Tuesday's South China Sea adjudication demonstrates that the UNCLOS framework is totally unsuited to sorting out the complex conflicting claims in the South China Sea in a way that the relevant parties will accept. By effectively announcing the Philippines as winner and China as loser, the tribunal'

By Stephen Grenville

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Advantage Vietnam: The PCA ruling impact on Hanoi-Beijing relations

China and Vietnam have reacted very differently to the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruling on the South China Sea. While China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has declared the PCA award should be 'null and void', in Hanoi it was welcomed. The PCA ruling will give the Vietnamese government extra

By Santiago Saez Moreno

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The bolt from The Hague

Yesterday’s unanimous Award by the five-member tribunal of the Permanent Court of Arbitration was three years in the making, but for the Philippines it was worth the wait. Of the 15 cases submitted by the Philippines in its dispute over China’s excessive maritime claims in the South China Sea

By Euan Graham

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