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U.S. Military
![What Is the Nature of Power in the Asia-Pacific and Who Wields It? What Is the Nature of Power in the Asia-Pacific and Who Wields It?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-180326-n-uk333-005.jpg)
What Is the Nature of Power in the Asia-Pacific and Who Wields It?
By Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran
A new tool helps rank Asian states by their relative and absolute power rankings across a variety of measures.
![Is the US Suffering a ‘War Gap’? Is the US Suffering a ‘War Gap’?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-12340397434_e186b8001a_k.jpg)
Is the US Suffering a ‘War Gap’?
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Why American decision-makers continue to fail to understand the true nature of military conflict.
![How Does Japan View the US View of Preemption on the Korean Peninsula? How Does Japan View the US View of Preemption on the Korean Peninsula?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-koekake1.jpg)
How Does Japan View the US View of Preemption on the Korean Peninsula?
By Robert Farley
The Trump administration has decided to rhetorically investigate a policy that neither Seoul nor Tokyo can genuinely support.
![The US is Considering Deploying Another Marine Expeditionary Unit to Asia The US is Considering Deploying Another Marine Expeditionary Unit to Asia](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-171205-m-pj332-112.jpg)
The US is Considering Deploying Another Marine Expeditionary Unit to Asia
By Ankit Panda
The move would help boost U.S. force readiness in the Asia-Pacific region.
![Preventive Self-Defense Strikes Against North Korea May Set an Uneasy Precedent Preventive Self-Defense Strikes Against North Korea May Set an Uneasy Precedent](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-02-17_08-49-08.jpg)
Preventive Self-Defense Strikes Against North Korea May Set an Uneasy Precedent
By Robert Farley
What would the international legal consequences of a United States attack on North Korea be?
![Report: US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to Visit China in Spring 2018 Report: US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to Visit China in Spring 2018](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-01-26_19-52-37.jpg)
Report: US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to Visit China in Spring 2018
By Ankit Panda
U.S. Secretary of Defense will likely visit China in the first half of 2018.
![Hawaii's Missile False Alarm Spurs Worries About US-North Korea War Hawaii's Missile False Alarm Spurs Worries About US-North Korea War](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-08-18_13-47-30.jpg)
Hawaii's Missile False Alarm Spurs Worries About US-North Korea War
By Robert Farley
How likely is war between North Korea and the United States?
![US Considers Direct Military Involvement in Fight Against Islamic State-Affiliated Militants in Mindanao US Considers Direct Military Involvement in Fight Against Islamic State-Affiliated Militants in Mindanao](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-04-10_17-01-35.jpg)
US Considers Direct Military Involvement in Fight Against Islamic State-Affiliated Militants in Mindanao
By Ankit Panda
U.S. drone strikes against the Islamic State in the Philippines may not be decisive in terminating the conflict.
![What's the Big Deal About These US-South Korea Military Exercises? What's the Big Deal About These US-South Korea Military Exercises?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-03-23_03-35-44.jpg)
What's the Big Deal About These US-South Korea Military Exercises?
By Damen Cook
A closer look at the costs and benefits of the annual Foal Eagle-Key Resolve exercises.
![US, South Korea Kick Off Annual Foal Eagle Exercise US, South Korea Kick Off Annual Foal Eagle Exercise](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-03-01_22-23-20.jpg)
US, South Korea Kick Off Annual Foal Eagle Exercise
By Ankit Panda
The alliance kicks off its large-scale annual drills.
![Will There Be Accountability for the Kunduz Hospital Bombing? Will There Be Accountability for the Kunduz Hospital Bombing?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-10-03_22-49-11.jpg)
Will There Be Accountability for the Kunduz Hospital Bombing?
By Taylor Dibbert
A Médecins Sans Frontières hospital was struck by an air strike in Kunduz, Afghanistan. Will there be accountability?
![Could China Be About to Transform Its Military? Could China Be About to Transform Its Military?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-09-29_08-03-25.jpg)
Could China Be About to Transform Its Military?
By John Costello
There has been talk of radical reform of decades. Finally, it looks like it might happen.