Malaysia is deploying security forces to an area where armed Philippine nationals have seized a town.

Stratfor's Vice President of East Asia analysis Rodger Baker discusses China's expanding maritime claims and regional perception regarding the United States' willingness to physically intervene.

Stratfor discusses the Philippines' geopolitical significance and how its fractured island geography makes balancing internal issues difficult.

Since late Sept. 13, protests have intensified and spread to much of the Muslim world.

Stratfor's Chief Geopolitical Analyst Robert D. Kaplan discusses the United States' relationships with several Asian countries and how each could affect the U.S.-China relationship.

As China and the United States expand their naval presence in the Asia-Pacific region, Japan will try to reinforce its commercial, territorial and energy interests through a more proactive maritime military strategy.

China's recent moves to improve its offshore-drilling capabilities may give it an advantage in territorial disputes.

To understand China's territorial disputes with its neighbors, it is necessary to first understand the so-called nine-dash line, a loose boundary line demarcating China's maritime claims in the South China Sea.

Since the Philippines' unification, the South China Sea and surrounding waters have been both the country's lifeline and its greatest source of potential political, economic and military insecurity.

China's bolstered maritime enforcement fleet and assertive maneuvering will increase the likelihood of confrontation in a region rife with other claimants.