China’s repeated insistence that these missions are purely civilian lacks credibility when seen against its pattern of militarising the South China Sea and expanding naval power rapidly.

All of these Chinese spy ships are capable of monitoring every movement from the seabed to the heights of the sky.

Ten years ago I was asked to deliver the Boyer Lectures. I proposed that we go global and give a Boyer Lecture overseas for the first time – in China. As I stepped off the plane in Beijing, I found I ...

A rare public appearance by the USS Ohio in the South China Sea is not a casual port visit - it is a deliberate signal. In this video, we break down what makes this Ohio-class guided missile submarine ...