Between China and Trump, little wonder Australia and Japan have lots to talk about – even if not a wartime past ...

David Boyle is a journalist and filmmaker working in Asia and has won awards for exposing human rights abuses, corruption, labour exploitation and environmental crimes. He was a senior reporter, ...

The article examines the tension between economic benefits and geopolitical considerations in trade agreements, emphasizing the importance of separating security concerns from trade arrangements.

North Korea has rarely admitted the presence of its troops in foreign battlefields, let alone in an ongoing conflict. However, in late April, it did just that. The effort to reassure the public does ...

After the serenity of Baisaran Valley near Pahalgam in Indian-held Kashmir was shattered last week by a brutal attack, the urgent need is not only collective mourning but honest reflection. But ...

Over the past year, China’s President Xi Jinping has undertaken two waves of purges of high-ranking military leaders from the People’s Liberation Army. The first wave targeted the PLA Rocket Force, ...

Senior US official statements more recently frame it as Xi seizing on 2027, the 100th anniversary of the PLA’s founding, to complete the material preparation required to make major combat operations ...

As the second Trump administration assembled, the Philippines appeared relatively sanguine about the prospects of stronger bilateral relations. The elevation of China hawks such as new Secretary of ...

The United States has long been one of the most significant arms suppliers to Southeast Asian states. Washington provides a broad range of military equipment, including combat aircraft, naval vessels, ...

In early January this year, US military bases in Okinawa, Japan, were again the subject of criticism after the Omicron variant of Covid-19 was detected among US base personnel and subsequently spread ...

Australia’s response has been the further enmeshment in the US alliance network via AUKUS, diversification of trade, and a wide-ranging economic security agenda, articulated by Treasurer Jim Chalmers ...

China has successfully returned samples from the dark side of the Moon to Earth, a world first. There is clearly a race to return to the Moon. It’s easy to draw parallels between the 20th century ...