I added a layer of Taiwan's contiguous zone to the map in order to gain a better understanding of the situation in the waters surrounding Taiwan on April 10th. There are at least 5 encounters between vessels from both sides at the borders of the contiguous zone.

How are shifting semiconductor geopolitics affecting #SoutheastAsia amid trends such as the #US #China chip war and friendshoring? New ASEAN Wonk post, citing previous research including by McKinsey & Company EY US Chris Miller: aseanwonk.substack.com/p/how-are-shif…

Building Indo-Pacific security at NATO’s Vilnius summit | John Garrick | bit.ly/3O1ouan

Read Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg on how the alliance can strengthen Ukraine, bolster its own defense, and increase its cooperation with its European and Indo-Pacific partners at the upcoming summit in Vilnius. trib.al/TzTPfvw

LIVE NOW: The Growing Importance of NATO’s Indo-Pacific Partners #NATOandIP4 x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

🚨SeaLight.live is building out a portal (sealight.live/resources) for #SouthChinaSea researchers of all levels. We’re looking for recommendations for quality resources (written, audio, video) we can link to. Post ideas here or send to [email protected]. Gaute Friis

“#SoutheastAsia is not without agency amid heightened major power competition, but the question is how states choose to exercise it. Anwar's vision of a diverse but interconnected world is an example of what this could look like" ISIS Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim: aseanwonk.com/p/anwar-malays…

Here are the world's tropical storms over the last 100 years, plotted with a fun projection. #Hurricane #Python #DataVisualization

President Biden just announced that he's skipping the East Asia Summit and U.S.-ASEAN Summit in Indonesia. This is a major own goal. It raises questions about whether the United States has a two-tiered approach to Asia. A quick thread... (1/5) warontherocks.com/2023/08/bidens…

David Fickling james crabtree Reading too many ASEAN communiques, perhaps. But I tried to lay out here, in plain language, what ASEAN centrality means in practice--and why the US and others are well served by it: iiss.org/online-analysi….

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“U.S.-Vietnamese relations have come a long way since the countries first normalized ties in 1995. From fighting one of the bloodiest conflicts since World War II, the two countries have now elevated their relations to the highest level possible.” trib.al/vkOC6Zu

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The US and Japan are planning the biggest upgrade to their security alliance since they signed a mutual defence treaty in 1960, in a move to counter China on.ft.com/3INfHqh

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The science behind service dogs! Multiple studies have shown that service dogs significantly improve various aspects of their person’s quality of life, such as psychosocial health, work/school-life participation, life satisfaction, independence, and self-esteem. For example, in

Malaysian 'Silicon Valley' seeds homegrown chip startups asia.nikkei.com/Business/Busin… 来自 Nikkei Asia

‘We need you’: Solomon Islands’ support for US agency’s return revealed aje.io/27074p Peace Corps found ‘overwhelming support and enthusiasm’ for return to Pacific island nation, report shows.

He noted that Malaysia has a competitive edge in the semiconductor sector, having been a key player in the electrical and electronics industry for over five decades. #theSunMY #local thesun.my/local-news/mal…