China’s recent explosion in defense spending has caused a regional response from other powers– Asia’s top players have doubled their defense spending in the past decade, creating a regional arms race that isn’t helping geopolitical tensions. Although there hasn’t been a significant increase in human capital, defense spending has skyrocketed nonetheless, according to a new […]
Sea Change
As the war in Iraq has concluded and the United States is officially drawing down its ground-presence in Afghanistan, the U.S. military is changing gears. Domestically, the focus is on diminishing the overall force size while increasing flexibility. While it is still necessary to keep a presence in the Middle East, the U.S. security apparatus is also increasingly focused […]
Asean chief warns on China’s plan
In yet another aggressive move, the Chinese government announced on Thursday that it has given border police the authority to detain and foreign board ships in disputed maritime areas. This move has other Southeastern Asian nations almost literally up in arms. The Association of Southern Asian Nations (ASEAN) has numerous members actively involved in maritime border […]
China warns on sovereignty
In an escalation of the dispute between Japan and China over the Senkaku Islands, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun warned his Japanese counterpart that China will not tolerate violations of its sovereignty. China, which refers to the islands as the Diaoyu Islands, has officially claimed ownership of them since 1972. Chinese and Japanese ministers met due to the increased tensions resulting from […]
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