While the rest of us watching defense issues were still trying to make sense of what the new Pentagon budget actually means, the Chinese doubled down on their push to become Asia’s most powerful country.

The next time a leading U.S. official insists that we are going to be "present" in Asia, journalists have a duty to ask, "With what?"

The Obama administration is welcoming China's presumptive next leader, Xi Jinping. But how can it make good policy when the strategy is a mess?

Vice President Biden's trip to China would have been as forgettable as most high-level U.S.-China dialogues were it not for the Beijing Brawl and the Press-Conference Pusher, which revealed the biggest challenge we face in dealing with China: its attitude.

In the face of this Chinese buildup, Washington needs to do more to maintain its air-power superiority. Its aging F-15s and F-16s increasingly will be unable to match more modern Chinese counterparts, and even the far superior skills of U.S. pilots can't make up for outdated aircraft.

China's entry into the World Trade Organization marked the final step in China's long march from Maoist autarky to global trading nation.

Now that Obama has condemned Gaddafi, we should take a page from Reagan and equip and train the Libyan people to fight for their own liberty.

China represents a challenge to America's dominance of the seas.