Adm. Scott Swift

Panel: U.S., China South China Sea Tensions Show No Signs of Easing

Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning underway. PLAN Photo

While Washington defends its Navy’s transits through disputed waters in the South China Sea as upholding international freedom of navigation, Beijing blasts these operations as provocative and clear violations of its domestic law, a leading Chinese naval expert said last week; and both positions could harden.

The U.S. needs to consistently transit through contested waters around the globe, not one-offs solely in the South China Sea, said Adm....

https://news.usni.org/2019/07/29/panel-u-s-china-south-china-sea-tensions-show-no-signs-of-easing

Panel: U.S. Lacks a Grand Strategy to Counter China

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – When considering a resurgent Chinese military, the U.S. lacks a well-developed plan or even a unifying theme, a panel of Pacific-region military and political experts said Wednesday.

Flashpoints for conflict in the Far East seem about as numerous as the islands dotting the area, and both the U.S. and China are acting as if they’re following a script leading to war, said Graham Allison, the Douglas Dillon Professor of Government at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government....

https://news.usni.org/2018/10/10/u-s-lacks-china-strategy