China’s Navy Is Growing More Powerful By the Day
China’s surface fleet is increasingly footloose—including its aviation component. Backed by an impressive armory of shore-based weapons, the fleet need no longer
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America’s War Machine Runs on Rare-Earth Magnets. China Owns That Market.
The American war machine depends on tiny bits of metal, some as small as dimes. Rare-earth magnets are needed for F-35 jet
Russia and China are on the brink of a military alliance that could overwhelm the United States
For decades, the military might of the US was unchallenged. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the US was
China’s cyber army is invading critical U.S. services
The Chinese military is ramping up its ability to disrupt key American infrastructure, including power and water utilities as well as communications
China Takes Advantage of a New Era of World War
International politics is now defined by a world at war. The United States is consumed with a stalemate in Ukraine’s resistance to
China Is Suddenly Discussing Arms Controls. Here’s What It Really Means | Opinion
In the last few years, the world’s arms-control architecture has been falling apart, especially as Russia has turned it back on treaty
2023 US DoD Military and Security Developments Involving The People’s Republic of China
The 2022 National Security Strategy states that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is the onlycompetitor to the United States with the
China’s Cold War with America Has Already Gone Hot
It’s time to move beyond the question of whether the United States is, or should be, in a cold war with China,
China’s nuclear arsenal on track to double by 2030, Pentagon reports
China has developed an arsenal of more than 500 operational nuclear warheads and is set to double that number by the end
Why China has its eye on Latin America
In the last 10 years, President Xi Jinping of China has had at least five different meetings with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
Is China on fast track to wage war against U.S.?
China is accelerating its military capabilities to invade Taiwan and possibly wage war against the United States in the South China Sea,
Where the Wargames Weren’t: Assessing 10 Years of U.S.-Chinese Military Assessments
Over the past 10 years, the U.S. defense community has produced a tremendous volume of analytical work on the military balance between