Beijing Uses Security Dialogue as Cover for Indo-Pacific Expansion: Analysts

The Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS John C. Stennis and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) conduct dual aircraft carrier strike group operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific on June 18, 2016. Lt. Steve Smith/U.S. Navy via Getty ImagesThe United States is countering the Chinese Communist Party’s deceptive actions in the Indo-Pacific by accelerating the integration of regional allies into a collective deterrence network, experts say.Washington and Beijing held their second Military Maritime Consultative Agreement sessions for 2025 in Hawaii from Nov. 18 to 20, Chinese state media CGTN reported on Nov. 22, against a backdrop of intensifying rivalry.