Mischief and Subi reefs are among the artificial islands China has used to expand its offensive capabilities in the region.

Newsweek's weekly update maps the locations of 11 aircraft carriers in the Indo-Pacific region as of March 28.

the first stop in his first trip to the Indo-Pacific next week, for talks that will include increasing deterrence against aggression in the disputed South China Sea, a Philippine official said Friday.

Manila wants to assert its sovereignty, but it also needs roads, bridges and power plants. Pragmatism, not ideology, is ...

ABOARD BRP JOSE RIZAL, South China Sea — The United States ... “We are here to support our allies and support a free and open Indo-Pacific for everyone,” U.S. Navy Lt.

Japan has said that it backed close security cooperation with South Korea and India in the Indo-Pacific, days after the ...

Notably, the Philippines has remained at the forefront of China's growing assertiveness in the South China Sea as Beijing aims ... prioritise a shift to the Indo-Pacific with the recognition ...

Chalinee Thirasupa/ Reuters In February 2025, China expanded its influence in the Indo-Pacific through diplomatic ... China’s actions in the South China Sea and the East China Sea.

“People using Maps ... in the Pacific Ocean. China issued a map in 1947 detailing its claims over a vast majority of the area with the so-called nine-dash line and calls it the South Sea ...

He has covered foreign policy and defense matters, especially in relation to U.S.-China ... carriers to sea. Newsweek's weekly update maps aircraft carrier movements in the Indo-Pacific region.