US freedom of navigation operations ‘unsuccessful,’ study says

So-called freedom of navigation operations, or FONOPs, that the U.S. Navy has been carrying out against China’s extensive maritime claims in the South China Sea, have proved ineffective and even risk escalating tensions, Australian research found. The findings, in the paper “Don’t Shoot the Messenger: Perception & Misperception in the South China Sea,” by Nell Bennett, are part of the Blue