Allies and Partners expand complex air exercises across Indo-Pacific
Advanced air training is enhancing interoperability and forging relationships among Allies and Partners across the Indo-Pacific. Cope North 2025 in Guam, the United States Pacific
Pentagon tries to reassure international F-35 partners
The Pentagon today attempted to reassure its international partners in the F-35 program that there is no “kill switch” on the stealth fighter jet that
A War of Chokepoints: Mavulis Island in a Future Taiwan War Scenario
Amid the strategic competition and simmering tensions in the Indo-Pacific region between the United States and China, Japan has worked to boost its military capability
Japan and Australia can fill each other’s defence gaps
apan and Australia talk of ‘collective deterrence,’ but they don’t seem to have specific objectives. The relationship needs a clearer direction. The two countries should
China holds drills near Taiwan after Lai’s ‘foreign hostile force’ remark
China launched military drills near Taiwan on Monday, the self-ruled island’s Ministry of National Defense announced on Tuesday, days after its president in Taipei referred
Canada to buy $4bn Australian radar for Arctic amid fraught U.S. ties
Canada is partnering with Australia to develop a $4 billion over-the-horizon radar for the Arctic to boost Ottawa’s presence in the remote northern region amid
Putin agrees to 30-day halt on Ukraine energy infrastructure strikes in Trump call
Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Tuesday to temporarily stop attacking Ukrainian energy facilities but declined to endorse a full 30-day ceasefire that U.S. President
The U.S. and China must avert a nuclear standoff
Lyle Goldstein is director of Asia engagement at the think tank Defense Priorities in Washington and author of “Meeting China Halfway: How to Defuse the
Japan’s national security adviser talks China with U.S. counterpart Waltz
Japanese national security adviser Masataka Okano met with American counterpart Mike Waltz at the White House on Monday to coordinate policies between the two key
Judge blocks Trump from using 18th-century wartime act for deportations
Donald Trump has invoked the wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport five Venezuelan nationals from the US. The White House issued a presidential proclamation on