The NMESIS missile system adds to the growing U.S. firepower in the Southeast Asian country. Last year, the U.S. deployed a U.S. Army Mid-Range Capability, also known as the Typhon missile launcher, ...

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has warned of China posing an "imminent" threat to Taiwan, while urging Asian countries ...

China accused Hegseth of vilifying the country with defamatory accusations and criticized him for promoting a Cold War ...

SECDEF Hegseth didn’t bring a scalpel to Singapore—he brought a sledgehammer, and made sure Beijing heard it hit the floor.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has reassured allies in the Indo-Pacific that they will not be left alone to face ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth​ reassured allies in the Indo-Pacific on Saturday that they will not be left alone to ...

China's Foreign Ministry protested Hegseth's remarks, asserting that the US military presence in the Asia-Pacific region is ...

"Hegseth deliberately ignored the call for ... of China in 1971 when foreign countries switched their diplomatic relations. China views self-governed Taiwan and its 23 million residents as a ...

Trump and Xi are overcompensating for years of US-China engagement in which their predecessors made concessions, says RSIS’ ...

China's foreign ministry criticized Hegseth's speech as divisive, smearing China and rehashing Cold War logic. I spoke to Peking University international relations expert Wang Dong at the forum.

He urged regional nations to increase defence spending, cautioning against the risks of balancing relations between the U.S. and China. Hegseth emphasized the U.S. commitment to bolstering its ...

Hegseth says China is training to invade Taiwan China ... The Indo-Pacific nations caught in between have tried to balance relations with both the U.S. and China over the years.