The Battle of Iwo Jima: A History
U.S. Marines raised an American flag on the Japanese island’s highest peak exactly 80 years ago. But the fighting, some of ...
‘Why Taiwan Matters’ and ‘The Boiling Moat’: Danger Island
The future of Taiwan’s political control is a matter of great importance to multiple world powers, and to the Taiwanese ...
Ancient seafarers in Southeast Asia may have built advanced boats 40,000 years ago
The ancient peoples of the Philippines and of Island Southeast Asia (ISEA) may have built sophisticated boats and mastered seafaring tens of thousands of years ago—millennia before Magellan, Zheng He, ...
Chinese Warships’ Plan for Live Fire Drills Unnerves Australia and New Zealand
The vessels were sailing in the Tasman Sea, and their announced intent to perform exercises prompted a call for commercial ...