South China Sea Archives - Asia Power Watch https://asiapowerwatch.com/tag/south-china-sea/ an observatory of Asian economic power Tue, 19 Aug 2025 08:23:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://asiapowerwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/cropped-logo-Asie-1-32x32.jpg South China Sea Archives - Asia Power Watch https://asiapowerwatch.com/tag/south-china-sea/ 32 32 Drone technology as a common defense pillar for the Philippines and Poland https://asiapowerwatch.com/drone-technology-as-a-common-defense-pillar-for-the-philippines-and-poland/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drone-technology-as-a-common-defense-pillar-for-the-philippines-and-poland https://asiapowerwatch.com/drone-technology-as-a-common-defense-pillar-for-the-philippines-and-poland/#respond Tue, 19 Aug 2025 08:23:29 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=3541 Drone technology extends human capability into the three D’s – tasks that are dull, dirty, or dangerous, while opening new defense economic opportunities and innovation.…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/drone-technology-as-a-common-defense-pillar-for-the-philippines-and-poland/feed/ 0 The cost of Brahmos missiles in putting muscle to Manila’s territorial defense https://asiapowerwatch.com/the-cost-of-brahmos-missiles-in-putting-muscle-to-manilas-territorial-defense/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-cost-of-brahmos-missiles-in-putting-muscle-to-manilas-territorial-defense https://asiapowerwatch.com/the-cost-of-brahmos-missiles-in-putting-muscle-to-manilas-territorial-defense/#respond Mon, 08 Jan 2024 06:55:00 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=3224 This article was written in collaboration with Amadeus QUIAOIT and Rhon Ethelbert DUCOS. Amadeus is a research associate of IDSC. His research interests are defense…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/the-cost-of-brahmos-missiles-in-putting-muscle-to-manilas-territorial-defense/feed/ 0 Strategic constraints and right-wing organizations in Japan: the case of the Nippon Kaigi https://asiapowerwatch.com/strategic-constraints-and-right-wing-organizations-in-japan-the-case-of-the-nippon-kaigi/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=strategic-constraints-and-right-wing-organizations-in-japan-the-case-of-the-nippon-kaigi https://asiapowerwatch.com/strategic-constraints-and-right-wing-organizations-in-japan-the-case-of-the-nippon-kaigi/#respond Wed, 28 Jun 2023 08:33:41 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=3071 In recent years, an obscure nationalist organization has regularly hit the news in Japan. Known as Nippon Kaigi or “Japan Conference”, this organization is accused…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/strategic-constraints-and-right-wing-organizations-in-japan-the-case-of-the-nippon-kaigi/feed/ 0 Japan and globalization: how strategic imperatives drive political change https://asiapowerwatch.com/japan-and-globalization-how-strategic-imperatives-drive-political-change/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=japan-and-globalization-how-strategic-imperatives-drive-political-change https://asiapowerwatch.com/japan-and-globalization-how-strategic-imperatives-drive-political-change/#respond Wed, 15 Mar 2023 09:54:08 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=3040 CURRENT STATE OF JAPANESE SECURITY AFFAIRS The need to balance China’s emergence as a global political and military player has led Japan’s strategic bureaucracy to…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/japan-and-globalization-how-strategic-imperatives-drive-political-change/feed/ 0 The EU strategic autonomy plan: an opportunity for Indonesia’s non-alignment policy https://asiapowerwatch.com/the-eu-strategic-autonomy-an-opportunity-for-indonesias-non-alignment-policy/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-eu-strategic-autonomy-an-opportunity-for-indonesias-non-alignment-policy https://asiapowerwatch.com/the-eu-strategic-autonomy-an-opportunity-for-indonesias-non-alignment-policy/#respond Tue, 29 Nov 2022 10:26:07 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=3007 The European Union seems to be waking up from a 30-year geopolitical slumber with the combined Ukrainian and Covid-19 crises. With the migration of the…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/the-eu-strategic-autonomy-an-opportunity-for-indonesias-non-alignment-policy/feed/ 0 The economic rationale for China’s pivot to Vietnam https://asiapowerwatch.com/the-economic-rationale-for-chinas-pivot-to-vietnam/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-economic-rationale-for-chinas-pivot-to-vietnam https://asiapowerwatch.com/the-economic-rationale-for-chinas-pivot-to-vietnam/#respond Wed, 23 Nov 2022 08:12:47 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=2996 There has been a lot of media coverage around the recent escalation of high-level negotiations underway between China and Vietnam. Several agreements and MOU’s have…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/the-economic-rationale-for-chinas-pivot-to-vietnam/feed/ 0 The economics of maritime cybersecurity: chokepoints & vulnerabilities in the Indo-Pacific https://asiapowerwatch.com/the-economics-of-maritime-cybersecurity-chokepoints-vulnerabilities-in-the-indo-pacific/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-economics-of-maritime-cybersecurity-chokepoints-vulnerabilities-in-the-indo-pacific https://asiapowerwatch.com/the-economics-of-maritime-cybersecurity-chokepoints-vulnerabilities-in-the-indo-pacific/#respond Tue, 09 Aug 2022 09:14:23 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=2882 The fifth domain’s consequential dominance and spatial presence in the cyberspace convey perplexity in the safety and security of humanity. Its connectivity to the sixth…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/the-economics-of-maritime-cybersecurity-chokepoints-vulnerabilities-in-the-indo-pacific/feed/ 0 Japan’s defense industry in dire straits https://asiapowerwatch.com/japans-defense-industry-in-dire-straits/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=japans-defense-industry-in-dire-straits https://asiapowerwatch.com/japans-defense-industry-in-dire-straits/#respond Wed, 06 Jul 2022 06:14:14 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=2845 This article was originally published in French by le Portail de l’IE, in May 2022. Thank you to the author and the editors for their…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/japans-defense-industry-in-dire-straits/feed/ 0 China’s new land border legislation: is India ready for Chinese “lawfare”? https://asiapowerwatch.com/chinas-new-land-border-legislation-is-india-ready-for-chinese-lawfare/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chinas-new-land-border-legislation-is-india-ready-for-chinese-lawfare https://asiapowerwatch.com/chinas-new-land-border-legislation-is-india-ready-for-chinese-lawfare/#respond Wed, 17 Nov 2021 10:34:05 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=2639 This article was written in collaboration with Bipasha Bhardwaj. Bipasha is the co-founder and COO of Intelligentsia Risk Advisors, a strategy consulting firm that aims…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/chinas-new-land-border-legislation-is-india-ready-for-chinese-lawfare/feed/ 0 Torpedoing the Barracuda: AUKUS & countering the Wolf Warrior https://asiapowerwatch.com/torpedoing-the-barracuda-aukus-countering-the-wolf-warrior/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=torpedoing-the-barracuda-aukus-countering-the-wolf-warrior https://asiapowerwatch.com/torpedoing-the-barracuda-aukus-countering-the-wolf-warrior/#respond Sat, 18 Sep 2021 06:38:06 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=2535 This article was originally published by SAGE International, on September 17, 2021. Thank you to the author for his kind permission to re-publish. On September…

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