The Diplomat12h
The South China Sea: Making the Philippines-US Alliance Work Under Trump 2.0
The Philippines-U.S. alliance has a new opportunity to be strengthened and the focus this time should be contributing to ...
China’s warships are turning up in unexpected places and alarming US allies. Is this the new normal?
Chinese warships have been circumnavigating Australia’s coastline for more than three weeks, passing within 200 miles of ...
USNI News9d
U.S. and Philippine Forces Practice Seizing Gas Platform in South China Sea Exercise
Philippine and U.S. Navy SEALs secured a gas and oil platform in the South China Sea in the latest joint combined exchange ...
Philippine defense chief warns allies will fight if China restricts flights over South China Sea
The Philippine defense secretary says his country and its allies would take measures to counter any attempt by China to ...
Military.com11d
Philippines Confident Trump Will Continue Military Patrols to Keep China in Check in Disputed Sea
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines' top diplomat to the United States expressed confidence Monday that President Donald Trump’s new administration would continue military patrols in the ...
Legit on MSN8d
China's defence spending to rise 7.2% in 2025, matching last year's increase
China has the world’s second-largest military budget ... with which Beijing has a territorial dispute over islands in the ...
China Is Mapping the Seabed to Unlock a New Edge in Warfare
The rapid expansion of China’s ocean exploration offers Beijing valuable military intelligence as it expands its naval reach ...
Military.com8d
Philippine Defense Chief Warns Allies Will Fight if China Restricts Flights over South China Sea
Recent brushes involving Chinese military aircraft firing warning ... in what Beijing regards as its airspace over the South China Sea. "That is a very serious transgression of international ...