The People’s Liberation Army is growing stronger along four main axes. The United States and its allies must carefully examine how best to confront these strengths.

Deeper security cooperation among US allies ... US military capabilities in joint training and highlighted the need for improved interoperability in “high-end operations” to counter China ...

Military officials from the US and China held a maritime ... first official trip to Asia for talks with allies to deter what Washington has called China's assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region.

The US has an “ironclad ... is seen by allies to act as a critical counterbalance in a fractious region where China has been rapidly expanding its military might and a belligerent North Korea ...