Asia-Pacific

South China Sea and Taiwan Strait: Maritime Escalation Risk Likely to Rise

An accelerating arms buildup and shifting strategic alignments designed to deter China will likely raise escalation risk in the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait through 2026. Discover how this climate could provoke localized standoffs that disrupt sea lines of communication, raise shipping and insurance costs, and chill capital flows as defense spending rises across the region.

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