{"id":234068,"date":"2024-05-16T09:30:38","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T13:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/?p=234068"},"modified":"2024-05-16T10:12:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T14:12:02","slug":"larus-comments-on-conflict-in-the-south-china-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/2024\/05\/16\/larus-comments-on-conflict-in-the-south-china-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Larus Comments on Conflict in the South China Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><div id=\"attachment_226253\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-226253\" class=\"wp-image-226253 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/Elizabeth-Larus-2022-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/Elizabeth-Larus-2022-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/Elizabeth-Larus-2022-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/Elizabeth-Larus-2022-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/Elizabeth-Larus-2022-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/Elizabeth-Larus-2022-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-226253\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elizabeth Freund Larus, Professor Emerita of Political Science and International Affairs&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><p>Elizabeth Freund Larus, Ph.D., Professor Emerita of Political Science and International Affairs, commented in <em>The Cipher Brief<\/em> with war correspondent Holly McKay on recent attacks by China&rsquo;s Coast Guard against Philippine vessels in the South China Sea. Larus indicated that Article IV of the U.S.-Philippine Mutual Defense Treaty compels the U.S. to respond to an &ldquo;armed attack&rdquo; against the Philippines or its ships. Recent use of water cannon against Philippines vessels, injuring crew members, raises the question of defining the term &ldquo;armed attack.&rdquo; Larus cautioned the U.S. against drawing red lines, which Beijing will certainly cross to test U.S. resolve. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecipherbrief.com\/south-china-sea-tensions-rise\">Read more<\/a>.<u><a id=\"OWA518acc6c-70ff-56ea-4260-3d28f9d97a08\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__www.thecipherbrief.com_south-2Dchina-2Dsea-2Dtensions-2Drise&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&amp;r=xrNkyH9bzWCVPQzUeORM1QQV2pBYPxqoQApcAuci-K8&amp;m=A3J2vyoam8A81-3QZjxi_37itajOCBUuqNEpzJYfGTu06miPE_IAClr5VT2DzMhz&amp;s=hdksplw3wfFXI8BF5-BPod8GWJSxo0VYuIpa25yGqmI&amp;e=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-loopstyle=\"linkonly\" data-linkindex=\"0\"><\/a><\/u><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elizabeth Freund Larus, Ph.D., Professor Emerita of Political Science and International Affairs, commented in The Cipher Brief with war correspondent Holly McKay on recent attacks by China&rsquo;s Coast Guard against Philippine vessels in the South China Sea. Larus indicated that Article IV of the U.S.-Philippine Mutual Defense Treaty compels the U.S. to respond to an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28559,"featured_media":234069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[40],"class_list":["post-234068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-professional-notes","tag-elarus","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28559"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}