Maps are ubiquitous—on phones, in-flight and car displays, and in textbooks the world over. While some maps delineate and ...

But no matter the purpose, all maps have something in common: They are political ... that stretches from River Jordan in the east to the Mediterranean Sea in the west. Such maps are used to ...

Tensions have risen to dangerous levels between Japan and China over a small group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, called the ... in both capitals. Political miscalculation in ...

The dominant state acquires the authority to lead when it exercises restraint, and when lesser states agree to abide by the political values and normative ... in domestic affairs. The South China Sea ...

Vietnamese Construction in the Spratlys During 2024, all was relatively quiet on Vietnam’s eastern front in the East Sea (Vietnam’s name for its area of the South China Sea). Chinese survey ...

The Yellow Sea hasn't received as much global attention as flashpoints in the South China Sea, or China's simmering dispute over Japanese-controlled islands in the East China Sea. But the Yellow ...

He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and ... on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). China claims upward of 90 percent of the South China Sea within its "10-dashed line" map. The monthlong ...

Newsweek's map below illustrates the vessels' journeys ... The Golbon ship left the island of Daishan, in the East China Sea, on January 21 after being loaded with 34 containers with the chemicals ...

The island hosts an American super-strategic airbase (meaning it easily handles heavy bombers and air tankers that can refuel ...

The Red Sea crisis has severely disrupted global trade, increasing shipping costs, rerouting maritime traffic, and causing ...

The United States has officially updated its maps to Gulf of America. Google has renamed the Gulf of Mexico for some users.

Each year, $5.3 trillion of trade passes through the South China Sea; U.S. trade accounts for $1.2 trillion. The United States has significant political ... in the South and East China seas.