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China has a long and impressive tradition of warcraft. Studying it properly would do the West a world of good.

If China is right, then there is enough oil under the South China Sea to feed global consumption for several years. But Beijing may be making an aggressive bet on the wrong horse.

If the real threat to America is America itself, then U.S. strategists might see China as a necessary rival.

There are good reasons why the rhetoric from Moscow is harsher than Beijing’s. For a start, China knows lashing out at the U.S. is counterproductive.

Mitt Romney has spent more time articulating a substantive outline for his China policy than his rivals. Economics is central, but he’ll need to offer more if he gets the Republican nod.

A grand strategy might be good for headlines, but the days of railing against an “Evil Empire” are behind us.

Nationalists taking to the comments sections of foreign policy websites should be challenged, not ignored.

Despite the warnings from China, the Pentagon’s Defense Strategic Guidance offers few surprises. Change has been coming for a while.

The U.S. should build large numbers of small attack vessels and export them to allies. It would keep China guessing.

This year marks five decades since the Indo-China war. So why can’t India seem to get over it?

The Diplomat’s Assistant Editor Harry Kazianis sits down with Roger Cliff of the Rand Corporation to discuss China’s much talked about anti-ship missile, the DF-21D.

The U.S. Navy focus on Littoral Combat Ships won’t necessarily keep China happy, but they’re still a good idea.