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![US Marine Corps Unveils Transformation Plan Focused on China US Marine Corps Unveils Transformation Plan Focused on China](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-03-24_20-30-45.jpg)
US Marine Corps Unveils Transformation Plan Focused on China
By Steven Stashwick
The plan will cut tanks and other traditional weapons to make room for new anti-ship missions.
![The Linkages Between China's Global Military Ambitions and the Belt and Road Initiative The Linkages Between China's Global Military Ambitions and the Belt and Road Initiative](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-xian_h-6a_china_-_air_force_jp7552070.jpg)
The Linkages Between China's Global Military Ambitions and the Belt and Road Initiative
By Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran
A new U.S. Department of Defense report describes trends in Chinese military modernization.
![Are Fears of a Chinese Port Facility on Manus Island Justified? Are Fears of a Chinese Port Facility on Manus Island Justified?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_18172409605363.jpg)
Are Fears of a Chinese Port Facility on Manus Island Justified?
By Ankit Panda
Manus Island would be a strategic outpost for China, astride the western Pacific Ocean.
![4 Sino-US Trends to Watch in the Western Pacific in 2018 4 Sino-US Trends to Watch in the Western Pacific in 2018](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-3690787.jpg)
4 Sino-US Trends to Watch in the Western Pacific in 2018
By Steven Stashwick
South China Sea militarization, hypersonic weapons, Chinese oceanography, and counter A2/AD poised for major advances in 2018.
![US Carrier Strike Group Joined By Japanese Warships for Philippine Sea Exercise US Carrier Strike Group Joined By Japanese Warships for Philippine Sea Exercise](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-33631954071_6e1330f1cf_k.jpg)
US Carrier Strike Group Joined By Japanese Warships for Philippine Sea Exercise
By Ankit Panda
Two Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers have joined the USS Carl Vinson in the Philippine Sea.
![Chinese Military Aircraft Transit Miyako Strait, Leading Japan to Scramble Jets Chinese Military Aircraft Transit Miyako Strait, Leading Japan to Scramble Jets](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-03-03_02-31-13.jpg)
Chinese Military Aircraft Transit Miyako Strait, Leading Japan to Scramble Jets
By Ankit Panda
China returns to the Miyako Strait.
![Keeping China’s Aircraft Carriers in Perspective Keeping China’s Aircraft Carriers in Perspective](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-01-03_01-12-51.jpg)
Keeping China’s Aircraft Carriers in Perspective
By Eric Gomez
China’s investment in aircraft carriers will take a great deal of time and money to reach its full potential.
![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."
![War By Other Means: China’s Political Uses of Seapower War By Other Means: China’s Political Uses of Seapower](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sizes/thumbnail/Chinese_troops_stand_in_formation.jpg)
War By Other Means: China’s Political Uses of Seapower
China’s development and use of naval and non-naval, non-military sea power has become a cause for concern – one that could alter the regional balance.
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