In June, I attended the Berlin Conference on Asian Security, organized by the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, SWP) and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung.

I participated in a panel on the South China Sea and presented a paper entitled “The United States in the South China Sea Disputes.”

In the paper, I reviewed the evolution of U.S. policy toward the South China Sea from 1995 to the present.  I also examined whether the United States policy after 2010 had emboldened claimants or enhanced stability.