He follows that up with the argument that U.S. actions in the Second Island Chain are essentially a tacit acknowledgement of Chinese control of the Taiwan Strait. While the challenges he ...

In the 1980s, Admiral Liu laid out the ambition of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), which is to control the First Island Chain in the 2000s, the Second Island Chain in the 2020s ...

But he also made a little-noticed announcement at the start of the trip that points to another priority for the second Trump administration's Indo-Pacific strategy: bolstering the "second island ...

In a sign of increasing confidence in the PLAN’s ability to operate beyond the second island chain, a PLAN Task Group completed a circumnavigation of Australia during February and March.

Severe storms battered the Greek islands for a second day, with Crete experiencing ... The severe weather primarily impacted islands in the Cyclades chain in the central Aegean, a popular vacation ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Severe storms battered islands in Greece for a second day Tuesday ... primarily impacted islands in the Cyclades chain in the central Aegean, a popular vacation destination ...