THE DIPLOMAT

By Toshi Yoshihara and James Holmes

Having gone unchallenged for decades, and facing budget cuts, the U.S. Navy is in danger of losing its capability to challenge the PLA in its near seas.

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  1. Since the Spanish American War where we gained the Philippines, and we've been protecting our corporate interests in the Java oilfields ever since. In fact, that's what got us into WWII. ...
    Henning
  2. This is an excellent article, in part because this is a problem diplomats cannot solve or even begin to understand. China is a military problem for the US. Beijing has been...
    Leonard R.
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