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Mark J Valencia
Mark J. Valencia is an internationally known maritime policy analyst focused on Asia and currently Adjunct Senior Scholar at the National Institute for South China Sea Studies, Haikou, China. He is also a Non-Resident Fellow at the Huayang Institute for Maritime Cooperation and Ocean Governance, Sanya , China.
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It is Orwellian to say that America has preserved the peace in Asia.
On 14 July, US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia, David Stilwell, gave a speech elaborating on US China policy in the South China Sea, and further increased tensions with China there. Continue reading »
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The US South China Sea Policy Statement: Little New and Laced With Hypocrisy
On 13 July US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a policy statement on the South China Sea. Although it was anticipated to be ‘new’, it added little to the US position and was laced with hypocrisy. Continue reading »
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Reaction to China’s military exercises hypocritical (Asia Times 7.7.20)
While badmouthing Beijing, its critics often ignore their own destabilizing activities in the South China Sea. Continue reading »
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The South China Sea. Who is the real threat to peace and stability?
The US led-cacophony of criticism of China for its actions in the South China Sea is reaching a dangerous level. The situation is far more complicated than the U.S. would have it and there is plenty of blame to go around for the sad state of affairs. Indeed it is not at all clear which Continue reading »
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A China Air Defence Identification Zone in the South China Sea – Is the Sky About to Fall?
In 2013, when China declared an Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ) in the East China Sea, alarmists warned that China would soon declare one for the South China Sea. But the sky did not fall in the East China Sea and it won’t in the South China Sea either. Continue reading »
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MARK J VALENCIA. The US refuses to see China as a military equal.
A recent US Council on Foreign Relations Report advising the US government how it should deal with China in the South China Sea is derivative, defective, dewy eyed and dangerous. It is particularly worrying because the author is a China “expert” that advises the Pentagon. As such, this report cries out for rebuttal. Continue reading »
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MARK J VALENCIA. To Reduce Tensions in the South China Sea, the Ball is in America’s Court
The solution to the South China Sea imbroglio lies with the US, not China. Continue reading »
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MARK J. VALENCIA. COVID -19 Crisis Cloaks Dangerous US-Iran Incidents That Raise Critical Questions
While the world has been distracted by the COVID 19 pandemic, dangerous US-Iran incidents in the Gulf have proliferated and could lead to another military clash, or even war. Continue reading »