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China and US Hold Joint Naval Exercise
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem arrives in Shanghai ahead of the drills.
Carrier Wars: Imagine a US Navy Without the F/A-18 Super Hornet
By Robert Farley
What would a U.S. Navy without the F/A-18 Super Hornet look like?
US Hawks Want 12 Aircraft Carriers for US Navy
By Franz-Stefan Gady
A lawmaker is pushing to increase the number of operational aircraft carriers in the U.S. Navy from 11 to 12.
A First: Japanese and US Navies Hold Exercise in South China Sea
By Ankit Panda
Following Malabar 2015, a Japanese destroyer and a U.S. carrier are exercising together in the South China Sea.
South China Sea Update: Freedom of Navigation Operations and International Law
By Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran
The Diplomat's Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran discuss recent developments in the South China Sea.
Top US, Chinese Naval Officials Meet to Discuss South China Sea Tensions
By Ankit Panda
Top officials from the U.S. and Chinese navies will meet to discuss recent tensions in the South China Sea.
Is the US Navy Too Weak to Fight in the Asia-Pacific?
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The U.S. Navy’s 30-year shipbuilding plan does not meet requirements for amphibious warfare in the Pacific.
The US-China South China Sea Showdown
By Jeff Smith
U.S. freedom of navigation operations could take the U.S.-China relationship past a point of no return.
A Brief History of the US Navy in the Indian Ocean
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
As it celebrates its 240th birthday, the U.S. Navy would do well to keep the Indian Ocean in mind.
Confirmed: Japan Will Permanently Join US-India Naval Exercises
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Tokyo’s participation will be hard to swallow for Beijing.
One Step Closer to US Freedom of Navigation Patrols in the South China Sea
By Ankit Panda
Washington's moving closer and closer to staging freedom of navigation patrols near China's artificial islands.
'North to Alaska:' US and Chinese Competing Visions of Maritime Fair Use
By Steven Stashwick
What makes the Chinese transit of the Aleutians provocative to some is an apparent hypocrisy.