By Gregory B. Poling, War on the Rocks: “Last month, during a conference on China's maritime ambitions, I was asked a question I often get about Beijing's artificial island bases in the South China Sea. That question goes something like this: Couldn't the United States easily neutralize these remote outposts in a conflict, negating their value?"
Systems Confrontation and System Destruction Warfare
By Jeffrey Engstrom, Rand: "How the Chinese People's Liberation Army seeks to wage modern warfare."
South China Sea: Malaysia, Indonesia, And Vietnam Beat China At Its Own Game
By Panos Mourdoukoutas, Forbes: "Malaysia has joined Indonesia and Vietnam to beat China at its own game in the South China Sea (SCS): The use of lawfare to settle disputes."