There is broad consensus in the Washington defense policy community, the Pentagon, and elected officials that China is the United States’ biggest foreign threat.
China’s defence ministry said the People’s Liberation Army would increase training and “take forceful measures” to defend ...
More than 80 years after Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, D-Day is frequently referred to in discussions of potential conflict in the Taiwan Strait. Western observers often cite that ...
BEIJING, Dec 8 (Reuters) - China on Monday pledged to defend its sovereignty and warned against "external interference" after the U.S. unveiled a new security strategy aimed at building up military ...
In the mid-2010s, Pentagon officials in the United States were alarmed by the military progress China and Russia were making. Both countries were investing in cyber, space, and electronic warfare ...
Key Points and Summary - A Chinese invasion of Taiwan is not imminent, despite constant military rehearsals and bellicose rhetoric. Beijing's strategy is one of patient deterrence, not immediate ...
Editor’s note: This article belongs to a two-part series about addressing the nuclear arms control trilemma. Read the second article in the series. The extended New START arms control agreement ...
President Donald Trump said Xi Jinping understands the consequences if China invades Taiwan, while refusing to specifically say the United States would defend the island, according to an extract of a ...
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Robert Peters is a Senior Research Fellow for Strategic Deterrence in Heritage’s Allison Center for National Security. The U.S. should help India to build a strategy of denial in the Indian Ocean that ...
Washington’s increasing focus on Beijing is straining the decades-old alliance between South Korea and the United States. By Choe Sang-Hun Reporting from Seoul During the South Korean election ...
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