{"id":37002,"date":"2026-07-06T10:08:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T07:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=37002"},"modified":"2026-07-06T10:08:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T07:08:51","slug":"power-prevails-but-law-still-matters-in-the-south-china-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=37002","title":{"rendered":"Power prevails but law still matters in the South China Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Across the Indo-Pacific, governments are increasing defense spending, strengthening alliances, and placing renewed emphasis on deterrence. Strategic competition has once again become the defining feature of international politics. And in such an environment, international law can appear increasingly secondary to military capability. The tenth anniversary of the 2016 South China Sea Arbitration Award, handed down [\u2026]<\/p>\n

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Across the Indo-Pacific, governments are increasing defense spending, strengthening alliances, and placing renewed emphasis on deterrence. Strategic competition has once again become the defining feature of international politics. And in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37003,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-without-rubric"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t