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Far wider measures are needed to challenge Beijing’s maritime aggression.

The United States and China will be locked in a contest for decades. But Washington can win if it stays more patient than Beijing.

Russia’s provocations in the Kerch Strait aren’t just a challenge to Ukraine. Like Beijing in the South China Sea, Moscow is seeking to undermine international maritime law.

Leaving the agreement clears the way for the U.S. to boost its conventional forces in the Pacific.

Trump has revived a four-way security dialogue among the United States, India, Australia, and Japan, but if it's going to make China pay attention, it will need some new members.

The military’s funding boost is aimed at deterring Beijing, but a budget fight could jeopardize the strategy.

Why the next big battle may not be fought over treasure or territory—but for fish.

The United States should respond to Beijing's aggression by upholding freedom of navigation.

But it's still a powerful signal of Beijing's ambitions in a post-U.S. Asia.

Defense is dominant in maritime East Asia.

It’s been over a year since Trump promised dozens more warships.

China is starting to dictate terms in one of the world’s strategic waterways, and the United States is largely missing in action.

The United States is creating problems in Asia by offering to mediate Vietnam’s tensions with China.

The president should use his trip to Asia to reassure allies and assert U.S. power.

China is the biggest threat to the U.S.-led global order. But America keeps getting distracted.

Thailand has been slipping into Beijing's orbit for decades. It's time for Trump to make a counter-offer.

What matters most is not how lethal a carrier is, but what threats it can endure.

America’s angst about Chinese aggression in the South China Sea is overblown – and China knows it.

If Trump wants to put pressure on North Korea or China, he's going to need to have good friends in Asia.

As the two giants stare each other down in the Himalayas, the real conflict may erupt at sea.