Lyle Goldstein

The Taiwan scenario often is regarded as the most dangerous military contingency in the world, as it could spark direct conflict between two nuclear-armed superpowers. 1 It likely would include a significant amphibious component, so U.S. military strategists today are refocusing on amphibious warfare—a warfare domain their grandfathers understood well. Hard-earned lessons from Tarawa and Anzio made for extraordinary successes at Normandy, Okinawa, and Inchon. But the U.S. military has not conducted a large-scale amphibious invasion for nearly three-quarters of a century and logically has concentrated its efforts elsewhere. 2 The same cannot be said of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA).

As the Iran war continues to roil the world economy, the Trump administration is understandably eager to point to East Asia where a few limited foreign policy successes have been notched. The effort

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President Donald Trump is back from Beijing after a state visit, the first by an American leader since he made the trip in 2017.

The US-China summit ended without any discernible progress on the twin urgent security issues dividing the two superpowers: Iran and Taiwan.

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The two cooperate when interests match, but true military alliance remains unlikely

An E-3 intervention will antagonise Beijing and impress nobody – not even Washington.

At a time of grave world tensions and rising defense preparations, including in Northeast Asia, ...

The 2025 US National Security Strategy (NSS) asserts that America must prevent China from establishing “tolls” in the South China Sea to preserve the freedom of navigation.