News Snapshot:
The South China Sea has been relatively quiet over the past few months. But that does not mean nothing is happening behind the scenes. Indeed, the principal protagonists – China and the US, and the Southeast Asian countries caught in between – are trying to figure out their next moves. Once their strategies gel, expect clashes in real time. China will not stop trying to achieve its irredentist goal of wresting dominance in the South China Sea from the US. But in the face of stepped-up US military and political pressure , and resistance from some rival claimants like the...
