A wiser, stronger strategy would be to reserve a presidential visit to China for when Beijing demonstrates genuine reform.

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Japan's defence ministry plans to acquire six shipborne small UAVs in fiscal year 2025 as part of a broader strategy to ...

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Donald Trump prefers to treat the waters as a bargaining chip, so the United States may reduce high-profile provocations — such as close-in reconnaissance — and instead increase its “gray” tactics and ...

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The Asia-Indo-Pacific is no longer a distant geopolitical theater. It is the central arena of strategic competition, ...

France’s 2022 version of the report mentioned China’s military expansion as a threat to the “status quo” in the Strait, while ...