Geography has always made Japan central to Taiwan’s security. Taiwan, in turn, underpins Japan’s own security as a geographic ...

China’s defence outlays are closely watched as a barometer of Beijing’s strategic priorities as it presses ahead with ...

Pension reform is thus absolutely critical in enabling the government to maintain solvency in the coming years. The spending issue is old, and driven in part by democratization. From 1955 to 1980, the ...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has undermined the special relationship by his dithering and inadequate support for the United States in its conflict with Iran. The United Kingdom refused U.S. requests to ...

Analysis of the vital U.S.-Japan alliance amid rising Indo-Pacific tensions and strategic security challenges.

Gen Dan Caine, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, reportedly warned that munitions shortfalls would risk the lives of American troops just days before the US president launched strikes on Iran on ...

The US military said early Friday that an Iranian drone carrier was attacked and set ablaze. The message from the US military’s Central Command showed black-and-white footage of the carrier ablaze ...

Follow live updates and the latest news coverage as Trump and Israel strike Iran, Israeli troops operate in Lebanon, and the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh is hit as Tehran strikes across the Middle East.

Prime Minister Takaichi leveraged her high approval ratings to steer her Liberal Democratic Party to a supermajority in the ...

Revenue and admissions for South Korean films plunged about 40% in 2025 from a year earlier, according to industry data ...

The US-Israel strike against Iran aims at regime change in Tehran, control its energy resources and restructure the Middle East. But it will amplify risks, disrupt energy markets and could severely ...

American military supremacy, after years in which its credibility had frayed at the edges, has reasserted itself in terms the world cannot misread.