For the First Time, U.S. Says China’s South China Sea Nine Dash Line is Inconsistent with International Law
As Jeffrey Bader of Brookings notes, the U.S. government has, for the first time, publicly rejected the legality of China's "Nine Dash Line" claim in the South China Sea (for a little background on the unusual Nine Dash Line, see an earlier post here). This is a semi-big deal as it shows how the US is going to use international...