I. The news that China has deployed advanced fighter jets to, and emplaced surface-to-air missiles on, Woody Island in the disputed Paracel Island chain confirms long-held fears that Beijing plans to militarize its possessions in the South China Sea. As Adm. Harry Harris, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, testified before Congress in February, China is … Continue reading Asia’s Mediterranean: Strategy, Geopolitics, and Risk in the Seas of the Indo-Pacific