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A soldier from Alpha Team 01, affiliated with the National Unity Government, rests during a reconnaissance mission
Asia-Pacific

Trump wants Myanmar's rare earths. He's talking to the wrong people.

The military government in Naypyidaw has no access to the country's valuable, insurgent-held mines

Palantir Chief Executive Officer Alex Karp gestures next to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick
Washington Politics

The anti-China coalition is breaking apart at the seams

The ad hoc group pushing confrontation with Beijing was never as formidable as it seemed

San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock San Diego (LPD 22) transits Apra Harbor at Naval Base Guam
Asia-Pacific

Pulling back to the Second Island Chain would be strategic folly

The case against a recent proposal to fundamentally reshape the US military posture in East Asia

Philippines protests
Asia-Pacific

Unrest in Philippines threatens to upend US backed data centers

As anger grows against the government in Manila, Washington should place emphasis on investment that is not seen as in bed with crony capitalism

Diego Garcia airbase
Asia-Pacific

Why the US will never give up Diego Garcia

How the island became central to America’s maritime posture in the Indian Ocean is a complicated story that one author is eager to tell

Two Navy ships arrive at port in Okinawa, Japan, after service in Asia and the Middle East
Asia-Pacific

The case for pulling US military back from the first island chain

A carefully managed restructuring of our forces in East Asia would reduce tensions in the region and protect American interests