1. U.S.-Australia Cooperation in Times of Austerity

    In a period of limited and increasingly constrained defense resources, both the United States and Australia need to be looking [...]

  2. Sequestration’s Impact on America’s Military

    The Diplomat's editor Harry Kazianis spoke with Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment Senior Fellow Mark Gunzinger concerning Sequestration and [...]

  3. Another Problem for the F-35

    Over the past six years, few weeks have gone by in which analysts could say “Everything went well with the [...]

  4. Yes, America Can Rebalance to Asia With a Smaller Military

    One year ago, the White House and the Department of Defense announced a change in emphasis for U.S. national security [...]

  5. Where Does U.S. Stand on Sino-Japanese Dispute?

    Japan’s announcement that it has purchased the Senkaku/ Diaoyu islands has predictably created a firestorm in China. On Saturday, even [...]

  6. Time To End U.S. ‘Ambiguity’ on Taiwan

    For the more than three decades since the United States’ recognition of the People’s Republic of China, Washington has relied [...]

  7. America’s ‘Great Green Fleet’

    Dr. James Holmes on what the U.S. Navy's biofuels-propelled fleet reminds us about history.

  8. Can U.S. Navy Shift to Pacific?

    You can expect some backsplash when you stir the pot. That was the case with my last The Diplomat feature article, [...]

  9. Deterrence, Not Containment

    With last year’s diplomatic “pivot” to the Pacific now seemingly in full swing, the United States declared the next phase of [...]

  10. Oxygen Problems Hit F-22

    The US Air Force’s most sophisticated fighter aircraft have been hobbled by unresolved problems with their oxygen systems, potentially undermining [...]