Restoring the power balance in Asia is key as the geographical pivot to the Indo-Pacific and Western Pacific is reframed around containing Chinese expansionism.
The PLA has been the CCP's bastion of political and ideological loyalty, but purges by Xi Jinping raise questions about how true this will be in...
Despite ongoing border negotiations, satellite images indicate that China is engaged in unsanctioned construction along the disputed border in northern Bhutan.
Chinese media criticism of Japan's defense budget is sadly ironic. It's the CCP's military expansion and unilateralism that pose the greatest challenge to Asia.
A pro-China president in the Maldives is the moment Beijing has been waiting for to consolidate its expanding strategic naval footprint in the Indian Ocean.
Climate change is the single greatest existential threat facing the Blue Pacific and the Indian Ocean, putting people and entire regional ecosystems at risk.
Backed by robust military stealth, Beijing is using the new laws as it tries to win favorable settlement terms in territorial disputes with its Asian neighbors.
As Middle East turmoil disrupts maritime commerce, Japan and India's security focus is expanding to the vital oil shipping routes through the Persian Gulf.
Nations of the Pacific Islands are striving for development and prosperity. They need more engagement by the US and G7 as an antidote to China's assertiveness.
With 20% of its coast controlled by a Chinese firm and a key naval base renovated with Chinese funds, Cambodia has become Beijing's chief regional extension.
Japan and India, supported by the sea power of their allies, can offer a much-needed antidote to China's expansionist designs for the Indian Ocean and beyond.
The rise of the renminbi will only give China more power to control the financial transactions of other countries and meddle in their economic sovereignty.