Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Monday that an additional $40 million would be spent on weapons from China to modernize the Southeast Asian country's military. Cambodia's military ties with ally China have been under increased scrutiny after concerns expressed by the United States ...
Trump's incoherent policy on India
The distance from hubris to delusion is short and the Trump administration is bent on covering it in a sprint in its India policy.
Even if ties to China warm, as appears to be occurring, Japan must not let relations with Taiwan be subordinated to relations with Beijing.
Ex-Australian PM Tony Abbott says he regrets unsuccessful submarine deal with Japan
Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Tuesday he regrets being unable to secure a contract to have Japan help develop Australia's new class of submarine, according to local media reports. During an event at the Japanese Embassy in Canberra, Abbott expressed disappointment over his ...
With U.S. and China spending billions on defense, European air forces risk being left behind
As European leaders on Monday were preparing to formalize the launch of a next-generation combat jet, analysts warn the continent's air forces are increasingly being outpaced by American and soon Chinese aerospace industries that are swimming in cash. French President Emmanuel Macron will attend the ...
Pilot's 'spatial disorientation' was likely cause of F-35A crash, Japan defense minister says
According to a ministry report, there were no signs the pilot tried to eject and he is believed to have lost his bearings just before the crash.
Japan's plan to remodel Izumo-class carriers: Needed upgrade or mere show of force?
Rarely have Maritime Self-Defense Force ships garnered this much attention. On April 30, the Izumo helicopter carrier — one of Japan's two largest and arguably most controversial naval vessels — set off for a three-month deployment and this month it conducted two quadrilateral naval exercises ...
U.S. missile contracts have surged since decision to exit arms treaty, study shows
Washington has signed more than $1 billion in new missile contracts in the three months since it announced plans to withdraw from a key Cold War-era arms treaty, campaigners said Thursday. "The withdrawal from the INF treaty has fired the starting pistol on a new ...
Trump is winning and Putin is losing in global arms sales
If you take arms sales as a proxy for influence, the U.S.'s global dominance looks to be resilient.
The "Star Wars" missile defense system's goals still exceed the capabilities of existing technology and threatened an arms race between the U.S. and its adversaries.
Are China, Russia winning AI arms race?
Artificial intelligence is creating new avenues for war in what could be the century's defining arms race.
Talks should begin to discuss limits on "hypersonic" technologies to prevent a new major arms race.
