For now, the Pacific Islands have mostly sought to avoid explicit alignment with either China or the United States and its partners. At this year’s Pacific Islands Forum Leaders ...

The contested South China Sea boasts rich oil and gas reserves and could play a key role in a conflict over Taiwan.

Washington’s engagement with Beijing at the military level, where it will now be in talks with the Chinese military, will be watched with some concern in capitals of the region, especially in Delhi, ...

Canada and the Philippines, both staunch critics of China’s increasingly coercive actions in the disputed South China Sea, signed a key defense agreement on Sunday to boost combat drills and expand ...

War Secretary Pete Hegseth says he had a "positive" meeting with China’s defense chief Dong Jun as both sides agreed to open ...

China has become more aggressive in the South China Sea, the East China Sea, the South Pacific and beyond with its accelerating military buildup and acquisition of larger fleets of ships and submarine ...

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth declined to say whether the U.S. is preparing military strikes on Venezuela, while blasting ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth urges Southeast Asian nations to strengthen their maritime forces to counter China's actions in the South China Sea ...

The announcement comes the same day War Secretary Pete Hegseth met with his counterpart, Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro, in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, for a ...

Hegseth met with his Chinese counterpart, Adm. Dong Jun, during a defense-focused portion of the ASEAN summit on Friday.

Long-pacifist Japan has increased security ties with Washington as well as defense spending. The new leader is seen as a ...