Picking trade fights with countries across the Asia-Pacific plays right into Beiing’s plans to increase its sway over the ...

The Crimean peninsula—like a crown—sits atop the Black Sea exercising control over its length and breadth. A Kremlin Crimea ...

You could speak more honestly: NATO is an offensive bloc aimed at Russia and ultimately China. If it were defensive, it would ...

Two major themes emerged: the interconnectedness of threats facing Europe and the Indo-Pacific and the importance of defense ...

“They are connected.” Still, Rutte effectively ruled out the possibility of NATO becoming involved in a military contingency in Asia, such as a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. “This is not about ...

but in Asia, which may not be happy with this shift. Whether Europe and NATO react to this dangerous scenario, should it arise, is far from certain. But rest assured in Moscow, President Vladimir ...

The Trump admin has pledged a record $1trn defence budget proposal, an increase from the $892 billion funding allocated ...

Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian voiced China's strong dissatisfaction and opposition to Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru ...

Tokyo's first dedicated ambassador to the alliance says this will also boost interoperability with partners amid the tense ...

Yet NATO officials stress that its role is largely defensive and aimed at maintaining peace and deterring aggression. Loading David Sacks, an Asia studies fellow at the Council on Foreign ...

The Trump administration is weighing a proposal to slash the State Department’s budget by $27 billion — nearly half — and ...

Reports emerged last year that NATO was considering opening its first office in Asia, possibly in Tokyo. In January, Japan launched a NATO mission in Brussels. Beijing and North Korea have warned ...