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U.S.-China conflict
![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.
![The PLARF’s New Hainan Island Base and China’s Recent Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile Tests The PLARF’s New Hainan Island Base and China’s Recent Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile Tests](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-09-03_08-52-26.jpg)
The PLARF’s New Hainan Island Base and China’s Recent Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile Tests
By Ankit Panda
The first-known Chinese tests of an anti-ship ballistic missile into the South China Sea may have inaugurated a new PLARF base.
![Why Canada Will Bear the Brunt of the American War on Huawei Why Canada Will Bear the Brunt of the American War on Huawei](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_18340258346667.jpg)
Why Canada Will Bear the Brunt of the American War on Huawei
By Uday Khanapurkar
The Canadian arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou came at the request of the U.S., but Canada is likely to be the biggest loser.
![Could the US Navy Blockade China in Wartime? Could the US Navy Blockade China in Wartime?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-4189203.jpg)
Could the US Navy Blockade China in Wartime?
By Robert Farley
Blockading mainland China presents a range of strategic setbacks for the United States.
![How to Avoid the Thucydides Trap: The Missing Piece How to Avoid the Thucydides Trap: The Missing Piece](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-04-05_18-29-36.jpg)
How to Avoid the Thucydides Trap: The Missing Piece
By Francis P. Sempa
A recent volume gets the limits of U.S. power right, but doesn’t spend enough time on the limits of diplomacy and accommodation.
![Parenting China, the Teenage Power Parenting China, the Teenage Power](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-01-27_21-06-29.jpg)
Parenting China, the Teenage Power
By David Lai and Fred Gellert
Understanding the U.S.-China relationship through a familial metaphor.
![Leveraging the Amphibious Advantage in the Asia Pacific Leveraging the Amphibious Advantage in the Asia Pacific](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-06-02_16-07-04.jpg)
Leveraging the Amphibious Advantage in the Asia Pacific
By Robert Farley
Will amphibious platforms make a difference in the Asia-Pacific?
![Fighting the Middle Kingdom in the Maritime Domain Fighting the Middle Kingdom in the Maritime Domain](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-01-13_07-54-11.jpg)
Fighting the Middle Kingdom in the Maritime Domain
By Col Michael W. “Starbaby” Pietrucha
The role of modern airpower in the critical maritime domain
![The Chinese Submarine Threat The Chinese Submarine Threat](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-12-10_07-28-55.jpg)
The Chinese Submarine Threat
By Ben Ho Wan Beng
What is the scale of the threat to U.S. supercarriers of China’s growing undersea capabilities?
![The Case for the Centuryfortress: Defining the B-52J The Case for the Centuryfortress: Defining the B-52J](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-12-09_05-08-23.jpg)
The Case for the Centuryfortress: Defining the B-52J
By Col Mike “Starbaby” Pietrucha
"With a well-considered upgrade plan, the B-52 can serve to its 100th birthday."
![Taiwan and the Prospects for War Between China and America Taiwan and the Prospects for War Between China and America](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-08-11_06-49-21.jpg)
Taiwan and the Prospects for War Between China and America
By Alex Littlefield and Adam Lowther
There is good reason to worry that any future Taiwan Strait crisis will escalate.