DDG(X): the new U.S. Navy Destroyer that China won’t want to fight
What You Need to Know: The U.S. Navy’s DDG(X) program aims to develop a next-generation guided missile destroyer, set to...
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The U.S. Air Force’s hidden B-2 stealth bomber problem
What You Need to Know: The U.S. Air Force’s fleet of strategic bombers includes the B-52 Stratofortress, B-1B Lancer, and...
China is developing its very own B-21 raider stealth bomber
B-21 Raider Latest News - What You Need to Know: The upcoming B-21 Raider stealth bomber will soon become the...
Quad foreign ministers decry dangerous South China Sea actions
Editor's Note: This piece is based on an interview with CSP Senior Fellow, Grant Newsham. TOKYO: Foreign ministers from Australia,...
US ally accuses China ships of territorial sea intrusion
Editor's Note: This piece by Micah McCartney features quotes from CSP Senior Fellow, Grant Newsham. Two Chinese coast guard vessels...
China and Taiwan: The ‘punch’ is coming sooner rather than later
Communist China always telegraphs its punches—even if you don’t quite know when they’re coming. Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi...
DF-21D: China built this missile to sink US Navy aircraft carriers
China's military strategy includes a significant focus on expanding its arsenal of Dong-Feng 21 (DF-21D) ballistic missiles, known as "carrier...
Beijing’s global ‘business’ enterprises just a front for military buildup
Editor's Note: This piece by J.M. Phelps features quotes from CSP Senior Fellow, Grant Newsham. Recent reports about a Chinese naval...
Aircraft carriers, submarines and more: China’s Navy is a real powerhouse
Summary: This analysis examines the significant transformation of China from a historically continental-focused military to a major maritime power. Once...
The immediacy of the PRC threat: The change from land power to maritime power
One of the biggest news stories coming out of Asia for the New Year was the alleged purge of senior...
The PRC’s aggression is happening now against the Philippines
A warning from the 20th century is that dictatorships tend to use aggression not first against great powers but against smaller...
In the Pacific, US bureaucracy messes up against PRC influence operation
I have no idea what the U.S. State Department was thinking. But if the goal was to help honest people...
Increased Chinese naval force present in Middle East region as regional conflict grows
As Israel begins to cross the border into Gaza in larger forays beyond tactical reconnaissance and surveillance operations, China is...
China’s aircraft carriers racing to catch the US
China is devoting a great effort to building aircraft carriers. It has already deployed two conventionally powered carriers, the Liaoning...
China’s nuclear weapons: Expanding faster bringing more bad news
The United States Department of Defense recently published its annual report on "Military and Security Developments Involving China." This "China Power"...
Taiwan’s fall to CCP would devastate America’s alliance structure in Asia
We have argued that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is determined to conquer Taiwan, and that the U.S. must deter...