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WASHINGTON — The Coast Guard has released a new strategy to enhance global safety, security, and stewardship of the maritime domain by combatting Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing, Coast Guard Headquarters said in a Sept. 17 release.
Tiếp tục đọc “USCG Releases New Plan to Combat Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing”BY NGUYEN THUY ANH | JULY 15, 2020
AMTI UPDATE
China has not only attempted to change facts on the ground in the South China Sea, but is also seeking to gradually change the world’s mind regarding its claims there. This battle over perceptions has not received adequate attention.
China’s Mapfare
The nine-dash line is a representation of China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea. The line itself is a collection of arbitrary dashes or dots without specific coordinates. China has not given any official explanations regarding its precise delimitation or legal origin. This claim has been openly rejected by Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, and the United States, and has been criticized by numerous international scholars. More importantly, the claim to historic waters within the line was rejected by the arbitral award of the South China Sea tribunal in July 2016. But China has disregarded the ruling and insists on the nine-dash line claim.
Tiếp tục đọc “SCIENCE JOURNALS: A NEW FRONTLINE IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTES”BY GREGORY POLING | JULY 14, 2020
AMTI UPDATE
Yesterday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced an important shift in U.S. declaratory policy on the South China Sea. This morning, Assistant Secretary of State David Stilwell elaborated further during remarks at CSIS’s annual South China Sea Conference. The press statement from Pompeo listed specific Chinese maritime claims the United States considers illegal. The statement marks a significant clarification of prior U.S. positions but not a radical break from past policy. It makes explicit things that had been implied by previous administrations. And in that it sets the stage for more effective diplomatic messaging and stronger responses to China’s harassment of its neighbors. U.S. partners and allies in the region were seemingly briefed in advance—the Philippine defense secretary, for instance, was ready with a positive statement within hours. And the new policy sparked excited, and often hyperbolic, coverage in the press and social media.
Tiếp tục đọc “HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THE NEW U.S. SOUTH CHINA SEA POLICY?”Sept. 22, 2020 CNA
NEW DELHI: India’s new French Rafale jets have flown “familiarisation” flights above the border region contested with China where a deadly clash between soldiers from the nuclear-armed neighbours took place in June, an official told AFP on Monday (Sep 21).
Tiếp tục đọc “India tests new French fighter jets in skies near China border”PUBLISHED: JUNE 16, 2020 amti.csis
China has deployed a network of sensors and communications capabilities between Hainan Island and the Paracel Islands in the northern South China Sea. These capabilities are part of a “Blue Ocean Information Network” (蓝海信息网络) developed by China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC), a state-owned company, to aid in the exploration and control of the maritime environment using information technology. The network constructed in the northern South China Sea between early 2016 and 2019 is referred to as a demonstration system. However, future plans for the Blue Ocean Information Network involve expanding the sensor and communications network to the rest of the South China Sea, the East China Sea, and other ocean areas far from Chinese territory. While the Blue Ocean Information Network is largely cast as an environmental monitoring and communications system, the military utility of its sensing and communications functions makes its development important to monitor.
Tiếp tục đọc “EXPLORING CHINA’S UNMANNED OCEAN NETWORK”Washington isolated as global allies and adversaries say its unilateral move targeting Tehran has no legal standing.
by Maziar Motamedi 20 Sept 2020, Al Jareeza
Tehran, Iran – The United States has broken with all other permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and unilaterally declared the re-imposition of all UN sanctions against Iran – a claim rejected by Iran and the international community, including Washington’s close allies, as having no legal basis.
Tiếp tục đọc “US claims UN sanctions on Iran reinstated. The world disagrees”Trump administration is seeking to block Iran’s energy trade and to bring down Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
25 Jun 2020 Al Jareeza
![Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news briefing at the State Department in Washington, DC. Pompeo announced new US sanctions against Iran on Wednesday [File: Nicholas Kamm/AP Photo]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2020/4/23/10643c13caab4a4cab319e7726067be0_18.jpg "US slaps new sanctions on Iranians for Venezuela trade")
The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on five Iranian ship captains who had delivered oil to Venezuela, and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reaffirmed the Trump administration’s backing for Venezuelan opposition leader, Juan Guaido.
Tiếp tục đọc “US slaps new sanctions on Iranians for Venezuela trade”Calls for reform and cooperation as pandemic, US scepticism and growing US-China tensions undermine int’l organisation.
22 Sep 2020 01:25 GMT Al Jareeza
![The annual United Nations meetings will be held virtually with those in the hall seated far apart because of the coronavirus pandemic [Eskinder Debebe/UN Photo via EPA]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2020/9/21/79fdf204a3c146bd8b2e62b5378c787c_18.jpg "Rivalries challenge UN as it marks 75 years since founding")
World leaders came together, virtually, on Monday to mark the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, as the coronavirus pandemic and economic disruption challenge the effectiveness and solidarity of the organisation that was set up after the horrors of World War II.
Tiếp tục đọc “Rivalries challenge UN as it marks 75 years since founding”16 January 2020, BBC
The world’s two largest economies have been locked in a bitter trade battle.
The dispute has seen the US and China impose tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of one another’s goods.
US President Donald Trump has long accused China of unfair trading practices and intellectual property theft.
In China, there is a perception that America is trying to curb its rise as a global economic power.
Negotiations are ongoing but have proven difficult. In January, the two sides signed a preliminary deal but some of the thorniest issues remain unresolved.
Uncertainties around the trade war have hurt businesses and weighed on the global economy.
Mr Trump’s tariffs policy aims to encourage consumers to buy American products by making imported goods more expensive.
The US has imposed tariffs on more than $360bn (£268bn) of Chinese goods, and China has retaliated with tariffs on more than $110bn of US products.
Washington delivered three rounds of tariffs in 2018, and a fourth one in September last year. The most recent round targeted Chinese imports, from meat to musical instruments, with a 15% duty.
Beijing hit back with tariffs ranging from 5% to 25% on US goods.
Under the so-called “phase one” deal signed in January, China pledged to boost US imports by $200bn above 2017 levels and strengthen intellectual property rules.
The US agreed to halve some of the new tariffs it had imposed on China.
The White House said it will tackle additional issues in a second, “phase two” deal but analysts said they didn’t expect anything concrete anytime soon
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