A recent meeting between Marco Rubio and Enrique Manalo may offer hope for a new strategy aimed at de-escalation ...

“[This] risks a direct US-China naval clash that can easily spiral out of control,” said the report titled “Defending Without Provoking: The United States and the Philippines in the South ...

MANILA, Philippines — The China Coast ... while striving to avoid provocation and escalation. Meanwhile, the PCG has denounced China for imposing a “new order” in maritime areas outside ...

The Philippine Coast Guard condemned ... Asked if the encounter marked an escalation, Tarriela said he believed China was taking a "calibrated approach" to such interactions, while reiterating ...

China has driven off two Philippine government ships that tried ... emphasised that the two sides had agreed to "sustain the de-escalation of tensions" at a ministerial meeting last week.

China chose swift retaliation for trade measures in the first Trump administration, but that led to an upward spiral of trade ... agreed to stop the escalation in January 2020, but left in place ...

coinciding with a Philippine Air Force exercise with the US above the South China Sea, in a continuing escalation of bilateral tensions. “On February 4, the Air Force of the Southern Theatre Com ...

Above the South China Sea (AFP) – The Philippine Coast Guard condemned ... Jam STA ROSA / AFP Asked if the encounter marked an escalation, Tarriela said he believed China was taking a ...

have raised questions over the prospect of drawing U.S. forces into a conflict with China. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has stressed that he does not seek escalation, but he has said ...

The risk of conflict in the South China Sea is significant. China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, and the Philippines have ... leading to further military escalation and precipitating a ...