RIO DE JANEIRO, June 26 (Xinhua) -- The global economic crisis has driven the United States to adopt a more aggressive foreign policy, as shown by its actions in the South China Sea, a Brazilian expert has said.
"The global situation and the signs that the financial and economic crisis is worsening are sparking anxiety among societies around the globe, and threatening both national sovereignty and world peace," Severino Cabral, director of the Brazilian Institute of Asia and Pacific Studies, told Xinhua in a recent interview.
Washington's decision to stoke China's maritime dispute with the Philippines by throwing its weight behind Manila seriously violates China's long-established rights over its territorial waters, Cabral said.
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