Wednesday, 20 April 2016

Trouble at sea for the US and its Asian allies (James Curran, East Asia Forum)

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves to the crowd during a campaign stop at the First Niagara Center, in Buffalo, USA, April 18, 2016. (Photo: AAP).

In the capitals of America’s Asian allies, two phenomena are combining to intensify already uneasy relations with Washington. The first is China’s continued assertiveness in the South China Sea. Beijing’s militarisation of these contested territories — transforming rocks and reefs into artificial islands with runways and radars — has driven already close US allies more tightly into the American embrace.

http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2016/04/19/trouble-at-sea-for-the-us-and-its-asian-allies/

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