OPINION | ACADEMIA- China’s SCS ambitions and the 21st century maritime silk road
China Coast Guard vessels fire water cannons on March 5, 2024 toward the Philippine resupply vessel Unaizah en route on a resupply mission to the Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea. (Reuters/Adrian Portugal)
Indonesia is not merely a bystander and its Global Maritime Axis still remains relevant, whatever the outcome of the ongoing dispute between Southeast Asia’s claimant countries and China’s increasingly assertive actions in the South China Sea.
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The Jakarta Post- PREMIUM
Jakarta Mon, April 1, 2024
C hina’s ambition to dominate the South China Sea (SCS) is suspected to be part of its strategic agenda to become the world’s top nation in place of the United States, which is beginning to decline.
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