It's Time to Stop China's Seaward Expansion

The U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter and the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney sail in formation during the U.S.-Ukraine multinational maritime exercise Sea Breeze 2018 in the Black Sea July 13, 2
July 21, 2018 Topic: Security Region: Asia Tags: South China SeaTaiwanPLA Air ForceJapanChinaTaiwan

It's Time to Stop China's Seaward Expansion

The time to prevent Beijing's takeover of the South China Sea has passed. What comes next?

by J. Michael Cole

J. Michael Cole is a Taipei-based journalist, a senior fellow at the China Policy Institute University of Nottingham, a graduate in War Studies from the Royal Military College of Canada and a former analyst at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. His latest book, Convergence or Conflict in the Taiwan Strait, was published by Routledge in 2016.

Image: The U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter and the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney sail in formation during the U.S.-Ukraine multinational maritime exercise Sea Breeze 2018 in the Black Sea July 13, 2018. Picture taken July 13, 2018. U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Justin Stumberg/Handout via REUTERS