Taiwan faces fresh questions over its most ambitious defense program — a government plan to build seven more submarines — as opposition parties push back
Author: Daniel
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In dealing with its neighbors, China “always strives to find fair and reasonable solutions through peaceful and friendly consultations,” a spokesman for the Chinese Embassy
After 75 years of the People’s Republic of China, the party is truly the sovereign
Lecturing in Munich in 1919, German political economist Max Weber spoke of the modern state as a ‘human community that claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force
Boxer Celebrates Navy’s 249th Birthday
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Statement From Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder on PRC Military Drills Near Taiwan
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Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia Concludes Visit to Cambodia for Defense Policy Dialogue
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India to buy 31 armed drones from the U.S.
India signed a deal with the U.S. State Department on Tuesday to buy 31 armed MQ-9B SkyGuardian and SeaGuardian High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) drones,
Does China welcome—or dread—an Iran-Israel war?
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