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The Indian Army is undertaking its first strategic transformation in more than two decades. And it has its sights firmly on China.

History shows that navies can be put together surprisingly quickly. China’s efforts shouldn’t be underestimated.

China’s leadership seems divided, United States Institute of Peace President Richard Solomon tells The Diplomat. If it’s to rise peacefully it will have to rethink its recent assertiveness.

A range of competing interests complicates island territorial disputes between Japan, China and South Korea.

In the third in our series on Asia-Pacific navies, Alessio Patalano argues that Japan has had no choice but to develop a powerful navy.

Adm. Liu Huaqing was a towering figure in China’s naval progress. But which school of thought will claim his ideas?

US analysts and policymakers have been slow to appreciate the pace of China’s military progress. Is this changing?

Gates’ Beijing visit was disappointing. The PLA appears more interested in sending a message than engaging.

Japan’s Seiji Maehara gets a warm welcome in Washington. He’s always a popular man with defence hawks here.

Does the test flight of a stealth fighter during Gates’ China visit show the PLA is undermining the civilian leadership?

Hu Jintao will be in Washington next week. But improved ties with the US won’t change Chinese discomfort with Washington’s hedging in Asia.

A call for China to double its defence budget isn’t getting as much attention as it deserves.