CSIS Issues Commentary: Proving Ground - China's Strategic Ratcheting of the Philippines and the Indo-Pacific's Gray Zone Problem
August 12, 2026
August 12, 2026
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Aug. 11, 2026, by Haroro J. Ingram, senior associate (non-resident) in the Southeast Asia Program:
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Proving Ground: China's Strategic Ratcheting of the Philippines and the Indo-Pacific's Gray Zone Problem
The 10th anniversary of the 2016 South China Sea arbitral award highlighted the ruling's enduring legal significance and the on . . .
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Proving Ground: China's Strategic Ratcheting of the Philippines and the Indo-Pacific's Gray Zone Problem
The 10th anniversary of the 2016 South China Sea arbitral award highlighted the ruling's enduring legal significance and the on . . .