. . . caveat emptor is your best motto.

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/don%E2%80%99t-buy-hype-out-military-industrial-complex-130962

Nope; but the relationship is good enough for now –

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/nonalignment-nuances-america-laying-groundwork-stronger-relationship-india-130262

. . . or is it Wrestlemania?

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/china-vs-america-boxing-or-wrestlemania-pacific-126722

Probably not, but the consequences will be far-reaching if it does –

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/us-philippines-alliance-dying-123841

Look what plague did to ancient Athens.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/china-should-fear-coronavirus-look-what-plague-did-ancient-athens-121751

Maybe not; battleships never lost their value, but no one advocates building new ones either –

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/are-us-navys-new-aircraft-carriers-worth-cost-oid-battleships-might-give-us-clue-119656

Let’s hope so.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/us-navys-littoral-combat-ship-successful-catastrophe-117311

. . . in the U.S. Navy. Sort of –

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/2020-really-1940-us-navy-115096

. . . China’s George Washington.

https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2020/january/deng-xiaoping-was-chinas-george-washington

. . . in the Western Pacific today –

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/us-navy-going-fight-world-war-i-against-china-112941