A new book argues that U.S. military installations abroad are undermining America’s soft power worldwide.

The United States has been ramping up its ... rendering them unusable for over a month at U.S. bases in Japan and for over half a week at U.S. military bases in Guam and other Pacific locations.

Despite recently closing hundreds of bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States still maintains nearly 800 military bases in more than 70 countries and territories abroad—from giant ...

and whether the rise of Chinese power has inclined other East Asian states to "balance" against Beijing by alignment with the United States or ramping up their military expenditures. By drawing on ...

Third, the United States could improve its own force posture in Southeast Asia. It could establish military access arrangements with regional partners to be implemented in case the crisis escalates.

The Chinese Naval fleet has become the world’s largest, threatening the U.S. maritime dominance and unrestricted freedom of navigation in East Asia and the South China Sea. Although the U.S. Navy ...

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China’s economic and military power, and its willingness ... Japan and Australia are binding themselves closer to the United States in opposition to China and Russia, while most of Southeast Asia has ...

They are capable of striking United States military bases in Japan during a potential ... located between the East China Sea and the Philippine Sea, into the front-line, causing concern in Tokyo ...