IN 2025, the South China Sea (SCS) dispute had avoided open war, but that is an uncomfortably low benchmark. The conflict did ...

CHINESE maritime forces stepped up coerciveness in the South China Sea (SCS) last year by shifting their deployment patterns, in a move that a Philippine armed forces report said shows Beijing’s ...

Unlike its Cold War standoff with the Soviet Union, Washington’s rivalry with Beijing is constrained by mutual dependence and the high costs of economic separation. U.S. President Donald Trump greets ...