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U.S.-China conflict
![A Case for China’s Pursuit of Conventionally Armed ICBMs A Case for China’s Pursuit of Conventionally Armed ICBMs](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-11-05-6.jpg)
A Case for China’s Pursuit of Conventionally Armed ICBMs
By Roderick Lee
Circumstantial evidence suggests China might consider using its growing inventory of intercontinental ballistic missiles in a conventional strike role.
![China’s Nuclear Gambit China’s Nuclear Gambit](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-11-05-6.jpg)
China’s Nuclear Gambit
By Valerie Niquet
Don’t be distracted by the aerial incursions and naval build-ups – the real action is China’s nuclear build-up, in the hopes of deterring any U.S. intervention in a regional conflict.
![Great Power Competition Doesn’t Have to Be Bad Great Power Competition Doesn’t Have to Be Bad](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-05-05-6.jpg)
Great Power Competition Doesn’t Have to Be Bad
By Fatih Oktay
China-U.S. competition could actually be a net good for the world – if the middle powers can steer it in the right direction.
![US Firms Cannot Ignore the Growing Risks of a Possible China-US Military Conflict US Firms Cannot Ignore the Growing Risks of a Possible China-US Military Conflict](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-05-05-6.jpg)
US Firms Cannot Ignore the Growing Risks of a Possible China-US Military Conflict
By Sara Hsu
U.S. businesses need to consider the impact of a physical conflict on their Chinese production and distribution bases.
![How Chinese Unmanned Platforms Could Degrade Taiwan’s Air Defense and Disable a US Navy Carrier How Chinese Unmanned Platforms Could Degrade Taiwan’s Air Defense and Disable a US Navy Carrier](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-06-08-8.jpg)
How Chinese Unmanned Platforms Could Degrade Taiwan’s Air Defense and Disable a US Navy Carrier
By Franz-Stefan Gady
A fictional war scenario showcases how emerging technological capabilities could be used in a future Sino-U.S. military confrontation over Taiwan.
![Reimagining the Future of China-US Competition Reimagining the Future of China-US Competition](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-05-26-14.jpg)
Reimagining the Future of China-US Competition
By Jacob Parakilas
How governments imagine the future – including the future of war – shapes their responses and planning in the present.
![Emerging Military Technologies and a Future Taiwan Strait Conflict Emerging Military Technologies and a Future Taiwan Strait Conflict](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-04-29-13.jpg)
Emerging Military Technologies and a Future Taiwan Strait Conflict
By Ankit Panda
How will changes in military technology bear on a potential near-future U.S.-China conflict?
![In Korean War Commemoration, Xi Warns That China Will ‘Use War to Prevent War’ In Korean War Commemoration, Xi Warns That China Will ‘Use War to Prevent War’](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-12-18_05-15-01.jpg)
In Korean War Commemoration, Xi Warns That China Will ‘Use War to Prevent War’
By Shannon Tiezzi
Xi Jinping extolled China's victory in the War to Resist American Aggression -- and sent a very clear warning to the U.S.
![Will American and Chinese Societies Support a New Type of Cold War? Will American and Chinese Societies Support a New Type of Cold War?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-24415295558_d4019c3cb4_b.jpg)
Will American and Chinese Societies Support a New Type of Cold War?
By Matt Ferchen and Hanns W. Maull
Leaders on both sides are taking a more confrontational line, but are the people willing to go along?
![For the US and China, Thucydides’ Trap Is Closing For the US and China, Thucydides’ Trap Is Closing](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-35450047340_a03a259e40_b.jpg)
For the US and China, Thucydides’ Trap Is Closing
By Kevin Brown
Intertwined domestic crises are adding pressure for Donald Trump and Xi Jinping to seek out confrontation.
![Are China’s South China Sea Artificial Islands Militarily Significant and Useful? Are China’s South China Sea Artificial Islands Militarily Significant and Useful?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_17111209931206.jpg)
Are China’s South China Sea Artificial Islands Militarily Significant and Useful?
By Ankit Panda
China's artificial islands are a symbol of its revisionism in the South China Sea, but they're also militarily significant.
![The United States Tests a New GLCM: What Next? The United States Tests a New GLCM: What Next?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-5679715.jpg)
The United States Tests a New GLCM: What Next?
By Robert Farley
The test of a hobbled-together ground-launched cruise missile marks a new era.