Collin Koh 🇸🇬🇺🇦
@CollinSLKoh
Indo-Pacific naval affairs, maritime security, mainly SE Asia and SCS. *Tweets/RTs STRICTLY personal: sometimes caustic remarks, occasionally unserious.
Updated FONOP table for SCS, reflecting the May 12 mission by USS Dewey first highlighted on Newsweek by @ryankakiuchan. This is the first reported FONOP in SCS since Trump 2.0 began. All errors solely mine alone. Your honest critique is most welcome. newsweek.com/us-news-warshi…
Beijing has been suffering from a neurotic obsession with poking its neighbours, whether it’s the East China Sea, South China Sea, Yellow Sea, or even the Himalayas. 🤷🏻♂️
#Opinion: The neurotic obsession with the anti-China campaign has left little space for current Philippine government to perform its regular function for the welfare of the nation. globaltimes.cn/page/202507/13…
Anyone who Beijing and its supporters don't approve of, or fail to counter in constructive online discourse, will be labeled such names as "US intel operator". Additionally, because I'm an ethnic Chinese, some of these Little Pinks bestow me "Chinese traitor" badge. 🙃
Aw ... apparently not everyone was a fan of my interview with #Philippines Secretary of National Defense Gibo Teodoro. 🙃🕵️♂️👇
Wu is wrong. First, it's only provocation from Manila insofar it impinges on Beijing's illegitimate claim, but it's not provocative where it comes to rule of law. Second, no way Beijing will act against Hanoi and push Vietnam towards a nexus with Manila. scmp.com/news/china/dip…
Dutch corvettes, French + ROK submarines, British + Turkish frigates, Italian OPVs. Mostly involving small quantities of purchase. A logistical nightmare that doesn't maximize efficient use of limited funds for long-term sustainability of a fleet. navalnews.com/event-news/ide…
International relations would have been more peaceful if all nation-states can be likened to a hamster - trying to deter the others yet still being perceived as anything but threatening, hence no security dilemma. 🐹
野生のハムスターさん 威嚇が威嚇になってなくてかわいい🐹
Strongly recommend this good read on the risks, and challenges to mitigating those risks, of undersea cable disruption. 👍🏽👇🏽 recordedfuture.com/research/subma…
19% lowest amongst ASEAN? Sure? Perhaps he plain forgot there's a pulau kechil to its north with 10% for now at least. Or maybe we don't exist in his mind. After all, Singapore is just a small country though the US has a trade surplus against us. 🤷🏽♂️en.antaranews.com/news/366961/in…
After leeching on my mom for decades, I embark on my historic maiden attempt to make sambal chili, adapting what I learned from mom’s family recipe (my maternal grandmother is Peranakan). The colour and taste aren’t too bad I guess? 🌶️
Closer coastguard cooperation between Indonesia's BAKAMLA, Malaysia's MMEA and Singapore's Police Coast Guard. 👇🏽
Bakamla RI menyambut kedatangan dua kapal milik Singapore Police Coast Guard (SPCG), yakni PH53 Blue Shark dan PH54 Tiger Shark, dalam port visit ke Jakarta. Kegiatan ini menjadi bagian dari tripartit perdana antara Bakamla RI, SPCG, dan Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency.
Hoax or real? Purported image of a USAF B-2 stealth bomber observed recently over Sarawak. @DzirhanDefence @marhalimabas theborneopost.com/2025/07/15/ste…
This is how a normal war is waged, not one where the defender finds his hands all tied up and get bashed by the aggressor. ft.com/content/b66f03…
They say older the wiser. This doesn't apply to one of Southeast Asia's oldest statesmen still alive today. Obviously he plainly forgot or just conveniently glossed over the imperial history of China throughout dynasties such as Han, Tang, Yuan and Qing. malaymail.com/news/malaysia/…
Honestly, kill me with gallons of Kool-Aid. nst.com.my/news/nation/20…
Calling the 2016 award a “farce” is nothing short of an affront to international law, especially UNCLOS, and the countries in attendance which pledge to adhere to rule of law. channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/wang…