Oceans: Geopolitics

Dilemma over whether to recognise Taipei or Beijing feeds into underlying domestic conflicts

Interviews and perspectives.

China's pursuit of offshore resources in parts of the South China Sea is "completely unlawful", US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said.

Russia is flexing its muscles as climate change opens up new possibilities in the north

This 21st century Suez Canal crisis is a reminder of the vulnerability of global supply chains and the importance of maritime choke points

The Panama Canal sits at the nexus of international political and economic concerns.

India will not rely solely on the ballast of a strong strategic partnership with the United States as she charts her future course in Asia.

"...Australia’s foreign minister Marise Payne announced efforts to strengthen Australia’s involvement in the Indian Ocean region..."

The Arctic is under siege as never before. The Russians send submarines deep below the North Pole. The Americans dispatch surveillance planes to monitor new threats in the North. And Canada scrambles to defend territories it has ignored for too long.

This year many foreign affairs analysts have asked the question: ‘Is China about to invade Taiwan?’

As the Indo-Pacific region grows in strategic importance for both China and the United States, island nations are making their own priorities known, too.

China claims they aren't military bases, but their actions say otherwize.

America tries to freeze Canada out of the route through the Arctic

This piece looks at the geopolitical implications of the potential construction of the Kra Isthmus canals in terms of ASEAN dynamics...

Transboundary conservation has an important, yet often undervalued, role in the international conservation regime.

If there is one geopolitical flashpoint with the potential to ignite a truly global conflict, it is undoubtedly the South China Sea.

Between Regionalization and Maritime Trade

"The advent of climate change has brought about a number of different changes in the Arctic, including increased accessibility to Arctic ports as well as the opening of new Arctic shipping lanes..."