Only by continuing to act on the high seas as it always has can the United States hope to maintain a system of international rules that serves its own interests. Ratifying UNCLOS could very well have the opposite effect.

Beijing bests Manila in a naval standoff, worrying its neighbors.

Tensions in the South China Sea have been on the rise following a number of incidents at sea and tough rhetoric among the claimants to the sea's waters and islands.

China's military build-up is driven by domestic factors, the desire for national prestige, and the insecurity of the Chinese Communist Party.

China keeps upping the ante.

Fukuda's premiership may signal a Tokyo-Beijing thaw, but both parties are proceeding with caution.

According to rarely viewed Chinese-language sources, the People's Republic of Chinais ramping up the technology and legal justifications needed for space warfare.

As the war against terror began to unfold, South Korea and the United States appeared to be working at cross-purposes, and as the campaign progressed, these signs of divergence became gradually more evident.