How Takaichi’s supermajority in Japan rewrites the strategic map of Southeast Asia
A unified force in Japan's House of Representatives opens the door for widespread military reform under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, writes analyst Ronny Sasmita.
Australia, Canada, the Philippines, and US mount South China Sea FONOP
Collin Joh, an analyst at the Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies of Singapore's Nanyang Technological University, noted that this effort is part of a "progression from just bilateral to trilateral, and now quadrilateral maritime cooperative activity (MCA) formats" in the region.
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Voyager is fortifying the U.S. Defense supply chain
Answering the Pentagon’s call to bolster defense industrial base.
Japan PM’s Washington trip: Bilateral focus but ‘groundbreaking’ trilateral goals
"Japan is basically signaling both to the Philippines and the US, and beyond that, [to] Southeast Asia and others in the region, that they should look to Japan as a leader in this space," John Blaxland, of the Australian National University, told Breaking Defense.
US to boost Pacific spending to counter China, but no ‘real number’ yet
"We aim to prove that we can stay focused on the region despite the very real power moves elsewhere," State Department official Camille Dawson said after mentioning Ukraine.
South Korea boosts ties with Aussies; OKs $1 billion AUD defense deal
The howitzer deal may help South Korea in the much larger competition for Australia's replacement for the M113 Armored Personnel Carriers.
The Middle Kingdom Is Dead; Long Live A Global China
It’s one of the fundamental questions about China and its future place in the world: does the great civilization still view the world through the traditional lens of the Middle Kingdom, or does the world face a new China, unbound by many of the structures under which it has operated for most of the last […]
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Winning the cognitive domain — A methodology built for democratic constraints
The challenge for Western democratic institutions is not a lack of capability — it is a structural one.
The US & China: A Colder Peace or Thucydides’ Trap?
As President Trump pushes Beijing on trade and cyber espionage, the United States and China are on a collision course. The U.S. urgently needs a new strategy to avoid the traditional fate of rising and status quo powers: catastrophic war.