Category: IndoPacific

Pacific Conflict with China Would Pose ‘Genuine Wicked Problems’: Second-Highest Ranking Marine

A conflict with China in the Pacific would tax the U.S. military’s logistical ability to supply and sustain itself in extreme ways, according to the second-highest ranking officer of the United States Marine Corps. “While our pacing threat is China, our pacing challenge or pacing function is logistics,” said General Eric Smith, the assistant commandant…


Blinken Vows US Will Defend Ally Philippines from China’s ‘Intimidation’

The United States would defend its ally the Philippines if the latter were attacked by China, according to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. In a statement issued by the U.S. Embassy in Manila July 12, Blinken warned China’s communist leadership explicitly that Washington was obligated to defend the Philippines if its forces, vessels, or…