Tag Archives: Navy

  1. The amphibious ship USS Essex leads a formation of East Asian and United States Navy ships in the Gulf of Thailand, February 8, 2010

    Why There Can’t Be Quiet in the South China Sea

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    Lack of clarity on borders and disagreements between Chinese foreign policy makers make it difficult to cool things down.

  1. Sailors aboard the Chinese navy destroyer Qingdao prepare to depart Pearl Harbor, September 10, 2006 (US Navy/David Rush)

    Did China Win the Day in Navy Standoff?

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    China and the Philippines appear to have diffused a crisis in the South China Sea. What are the long term implications?

  1. The Philippine navy's multimission surface combatant ship BRP Gregorio del Pilar arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, July 27, 2011

    Chinese-Philippine Standoff in South China Sea

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    The Philippines are dispatching more navy ships to a disputed shoal where they attempted to arrest Chinese fishermen.

  1. The British Royal Navy frigate HMS Montrose

    Peru Displays “Latin American Solidarity,” Britain Shrugs

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    In a display of “Latin American support for Argentina’s legitimate rights,” Lima denied a Royal Navy ship to port.

  1. A Russian tankers arrives in Istanbul, Turkey, October 19, 2008 (Ivan Safyan Abrams)

    Russia Has Not Sent Troops to Syria

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    The routine deployment of a Russian tanker vessel to a Syrian port is misinterpreted as a show of force.