The Geopolitics of the South China Sea: Beijing’s Proposed “Strategic Partnership” with Malaysia, Indonesia and Cambodia

The Geopolitics of the South China Sea: Beijing’s Proposed “Strategic Partnership” with Malaysia, Indonesia and Cambodia

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held meetings with several of his Southeast Asian counterparts to discuss enhancing cooperation and jointly safeguarding security in the region. The talks took place shortly after the landmark China-ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Summit held on November 22. The participants of the summit officially raised the relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership. Diplomatic contacts…

What REALLY Happened with the Collision of the USS Connecticut in the South China Sea

What REALLY Happened with the Collision of the USS Connecticut in the South China Sea

Important note: Image above is NOT of the USS Connecticut. It is of the USS San Francisco that rammed into an undersea mountain in 2005. Let’s get right to the point. The official American story is that the USS Connecticut rammed into an unmarked undersea mountain. Since the Navy revealed this week that the fast-attack…

Are the US and China Stumbling Toward an ‘Islands War’?

Are the US and China Stumbling Toward an ‘Islands War’?

In a diplomatic coup, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a deal last week with the U.K. and U.S. to have those Anglo-American allies help build a nuclear-powered submarine fleet for Australia. A $66 billion French deal to provide Canberra with diesel electric-powered submarines, among the largest defense contracts Paris had ever negotiated, was blown off….

Germany’s Geo-Military Motives In Asia Undermine Its Geo-Economic Edge

Germany’s Geo-Military Motives In Asia Undermine Its Geo-Economic Edge

Sending a warship to the South China Sea to violate China’s maritime territory is nothing more than a favor to the US after its ally recently waived most of its sanctions against the Nord Stream II pipeline with Russia. The German frigate Bayern recently departed from Wilhemshaven for a seven-month voyage to the Asia-Pacific. The…