How tariff-hit Vietnam could signal dawn of a post-U.S. Asia
U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly reversed course on the steep “reciprocal tariffs” that recently rattled global markets, announcing a 90-day pause on the additional country-
Russia’s Putin declares unilateral Easter ceasefire in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a surprise one-day ceasefire in Ukraine for Easter on Saturday, but Kyiv said Russian forces continued artillery fire and called
Discussion of security issues in tariff talks not appropriate: Japan’s PM
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Sunday that his government will not include discussions on security in its trade talks with the U.S., while President Donald
Trump will study whether to fire Fed Chair Powell
White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Friday that President Donald Trump and his team were studying the matter when asked if firing Federal
Court denies Trump administration’s appeal against order to ‘facilitate’ return of man wrongly deported from US – as it happened
Trump targeted protected areas of the Pacific with two orders Thursday, in a move he claims increases competitiveness of the commercial fishing. In a proclamation, he removed
Flexibility and awareness will help India deal with Trump
India navigated relations with the United States quite skilfully during the first Trump administration, better than many other US allies did. Doing so a second
Seoul mobilizes national cyber defenses amid surge in AI-driven attacks
South Korea has launched a multisector initiative to combat cyberattacks as concerns grow over North Korean-linked hackers exploiting artificial intelligence (AI). Seoul is implementing strategies
Archipelagic defense doctrine anchors Philippines’ territorial sovereignty
The Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) ongoing implementation of its Comprehensive Archipelagic Defense Concept (CADC) marks a strategic shift from counterinsurgency operations, which were
Sino-Russian bomber patrol reignites concerns over China’s nuclear commitments
China and Russia conducted their ninth combined strategic bomber patrol in the Indo-Pacific. The sorties differed from the others. It was China’s first use of
The Latticework: Indo-Pacific Security Moves Beyond US Naval Primacy
The responses of key U.S. allies – Japan, Australia, and the Philippines – to Washington’s maritime capability-commitment gap reflect the future of Indo-Pacific security. The