Geopolitics & Security
South China Sea Standoff — The Escalation Spiral Neither Side Can Exit
⚡ FAST READ1-min read Overlapping US-China military exercises in the South China Sea in early 2026 have pushed the risk of accidental armed confrontation to its highest level since the 1996 Taiwan Strait Crisis, threatening to destabilize the entire Indo-Pacific security order and the $5.3 trillion in annual trade that