China is currently undertaking the largest military expansion in its modern history. According to a recent US Intelligence Community assessment, Beijing’s objective is to become the “preeminent power ...

Yet, the balance of power slowly tilts against Vietnam. Chinese leverage grows daily in the South China Sea, manifest in its artificial islands in Vietnamese waters. As the military situation with ...

Richard McGregor is Senior Fellow for East Asia at the Lowy Institute, Australia’s premier foreign policy think tank, in Sydney. Richard is a former Beijing and Washington bureau chief for the ...