Michael Rubin | Washington Examiner
Diplomacy only works when all parties are equally invested in it. China has gotten away with treating diplomacy as a warfare strategy to tie its opponents’ hands while it acts without regard for what its diplomats may say or promise.
(Military Times) The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces are returning to the battle against the Islamic State following a pause to deal with clashes between their northern troops and Turkey, which included cross-border shelling by Turkish forces.
U.S. Navy Strength — and a Message to Beijing
By Shibani Mahtani, The Washington Post: “ China has built a “Great Wall of SAMs” — surface-to-air missiles — that has the “potential to exert national control over international waters and airspace.””