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The secretary of the Navy has final authority and discretion to name and rename ships.

Clear challenges for the India-U.S. bilateral lay ahead over military, economic, and climate matters; tensions over democracy and human rights could flare up at any moment.

Insights from Hans Binnendijk.

Are Chinese subsidies to firms in strategic sectors a threat to the competitiveness of U.S. companies?

Progress will probably require developing small, technical agreements given that big, all-encompassing agreements have proven too difficult under current international circumstances.

Through deepening maritime partnerships, the Quad nations can amplify their mutual naval power in the Indo-Pacific.

Over the past year, the fragility of vital supply chains has been revealed repeatedly.

Kazakhstan is working toward a more diversified economy.

It’s not that simple. Any effort to characterize China as an existential threat implies a level of conflict that will provide justification for U.S. intervention anywhere in the world. 

Complete rupture and a “cold war” with China is one possibility, while peaceful and mutually beneficial coexistence is another and better option. 

Uzbekistan undoubtedly needs to continue implementing recent initiated reforms, but its progress is promising.

It is imperative the U.S. military learns from wargame losses.