“The South China Sea functions as the throat of the Western Pacific and Indian oceans—the mass of connective economic tissue where global sea routes coalesce. Here is the heart of Eurasia’s navigable rimland, punctuated by the Malacca, Sunda, Lombok, and… — Robert D. Kaplan Copy Share Image
According to the University of Illinois' Arctic Climate Research Center, global sea ice levels now equal those of 1979. — George Will Copy Share Image
