Experts have told Newsweek that the island chain strategy, which was formulated by the United States during the Cold War, remains relevant today in containing Washington's near-peer competitor, China, ...

The United States isn’t conceding the field of competition in the First Island Chain; it’s expanding ... efforts will be spread across the entire Pacific, as opposed to being able to focus ...

U.S. forces have been firmly ensconced along Asia’s first island chain for nearly eight decades now, placing a potential antagonist athwart China’s access to the Western Pacific. Policies and ...

WASHINGTON -- On his first trip to the Indo-Pacific as U.S. defense secretary last week, Pete Hegseth embraced America's alliances and reaffirmed its commitment to sustaining robust deterrence in the ...

Based on the maritime locations of the French-led La Perouse and the Pacific Steller 2025 joint exercises, the PLA rehearsed a northern and southern encirclement of the southern section of the first ...

The Chinese are still assessed to have only modest capabilities to operate outside of the First Island Chain, meaning they ... be spread across the entire Pacific, as opposed to being able to ...