MANILA, Philippines — The United States and the Philippines kicked off one of their largest combat exercises Monday in an annual display of allied military might aimed at deterring aggression in Asia, ...

America stands to gain from NATO by viewing it not as a European-only effort but as a key pillar of global leadership and an ...

In 2024, Michael Swaine wrote, “How to Stop the United States and China from Sliding into War,” where he identified areas that could increase the possibility of an armed conflict between the United ...

May 3, 2026: Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea has been blockaded by Chinese use of ships and a blockade to tighten control of the entrance amid roiling tension with the Philippines over the ...

Over the past decade, China has been steadily reshaping the global nuclear order. According to U.S. government assessments, Beijing has almost tripled its stockpile of nuclear warheads since 2019. It ...

When imagining how the U.S.-China relationship might devolve into war, experts often cite Taiwan as the most obvious flashpoint. In recent years, after all, China has escalated its campaign of ...

Chinese state media has gradually moved its emphasis from the United States toward Japan, especially since late 2025. The ...

May 12 - U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping this week for talks in Beijing certain to feature the issue of democratically-governed Taiwan, which China claims as its ...

With the update, the Pentagon has now declared that three of China's leading artificial intelligence companies — Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent — are aiding the country's armed forces ...

Top 10 nuclear forces and weapons countries in the World 2026: Of the estimated 12,187 nuclear warheads worldwide in January 2026, roughly 9,745 were maintained in military stockpiles and available ...