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Podcast: China’s New Spratly Island Defenses

By AMTI Leadership | 十二月 14, 2016 | Categories: China, Podcast, Spratly Islands, 未分类

Admiral Michael McDevitt (Ret.) of the Center for Naval Analyses and Cortez Cooper of the RAND Corporation sit down with AMTI director Gregory Poling to look at new imagery of Chinese point defenses on the Spratly Islands.

The Spratlys: A Geopolitics of Secret Maritime Sea-Lanes

By François-Xavier Bonnet | 九月 16, 2016 | Categories: South China Sea, Spratly Islands

Except for the work of a few analysts like Carlyle Tha […]

Flexible Response to Deter in the South China Sea

By Ngo Di Lan and Truong Minh Vu | 四月 7, 2016 | Categories: China, South China Sea, Spratly Islands

The United States needs to demonstrate the will to challenge China and a specific plan to counteract Chinese measures.

Podcast: Itu Aba and Taiwan’s Amicus Brief

By AMTI Leadership | 四月 5, 2016 | Categories: Podcast, South China Sea, Spratly Islands, Taiwan

Taiwanese influence arbitration in the South China Sea

Developing a Scarborough Contingency Plan

By Gregory Poling and Zack Cooper | 三月 30, 2016 | Categories: China, Philippines, South China Sea, Spratly Islands

To block Chinese reclamation, Philippine assets must prepare to take the lead in intervention at short notice.

A Tumultuous 2016 in the South China Sea

By Gregory Poling | 二月 22, 2016 | Categories: China, Philippines, South China Sea, Spratly Islands

This promises to be a landmark year for the claimant co […]

Is There Drinkable Water and Topsoil on Itu Aba?

By Yann-huei Song | 一月 25, 2016 | Categories: South China Sea, Spratly Islands, Taiwan

I visited Itu Aba, or Taiping Island in Chinese, on Dec […]

A Tour of Itu Aba Island

By AMTI Leadership | 十二月 22, 2015 | Categories: China, Philippines, Spratly Islands, Taiwan

Itu Aba/Taiping Island is the largest naturally-formed […]

Daily Life on Thitu Island

By AMTI Leadership | 十二月 10, 2015 | Categories: Philippines, Spratly Islands

Thitu Island, called Pag-asa in Filipino, is the larges […]