Japan

China-Japan Rift Deepens After LDP Sweep Undermines Beijing’s Economic and Diplomatic Pressure Tactics

The resounding electoral victory of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in the February 8 snap election has dramatically reshaped the strategic landscape of East Asia, delivering an unmistakable message to Beijing: attempts to pressure Tokyo over Taiwan have failed....
MQ-9 Reaper drones

MQ-9 Reaper Emerges Backbone of US Surveillance Indo-Pacific, Deterrent Shield and Strategic Stress Test Against China

The United States is spreading a dense web of MQ-9 Reaper drones across the Indo-Pacific in what amounts to one of the most consequential surveillance expansions in the region in recent years. The move reflects a high-stakes bet: that persistent,...
China Fishing Boats

China Curbs Overfishing at Home While Expanding State-Backed Fishing Fleet Abroad to Assert Maritime Power

For decades, China’s rise as a maritime power has been measured not only in warships launched or ports financed under the Belt and Road Initiative, but also in the vast armada of fishing vessels that now traverse nearly every ocean...
BRICS Currency

BRICS Charts New Monetary Course: How BRICS Basket and Digital Clearing Platform Could Gradually Supplant Dollar’s Reserve Role

The international monetary system was never neutral. It was the product of power, politics and post-war compromise, forged in July 1944 at the Bretton Woods conference in New Hampshire. There, representatives of 44 Allied nations gathered to design a framework...
China-Lithuania

Lithuania’s Taiwan Gamble Backfires China Responds With Strategic Silence and Quiet Economic Pressure

Lithuania decided to challenge China over Taiwan four years ago, it expected outrage. It expected denunciations, perhaps sanctions, perhaps a diplomatic storm. Instead, it got silence. What began in 2021 as a bold stand for democracy and human rights collided...
Japan, China

Why China’s Property Crash and Deflation Pressures Are Stirring Memories of Japan’s Economic Collapse

Beneath the gleaming skyline of Shanghai and the global dominance of China’s electric vehicle supply chains, a deeper unease is spreading across the world’s second-largest economy. Economists and policymakers alike are increasingly gripped by a sense of déjà vu —...
Leonardo C-27J MPA

Saudi Arabia Drops P-8 Poseidon Plan, Selects Leonardo C-27J MPA to Boost Anti-Submarine and Anti-Ship Capabilities

Saudi Arabia has taken a decisive step to expand its naval aviation capability, signing a landmark agreement with Italy’s Leonardo for the acquisition of four C-27J Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA), marking the first time the tactical airlifter has been purchased...
F-22 Raptor stealth fighters

F-22 Raptors Surge Toward CENTCOM as US Masses Stealth Fighters, Carriers and Missile Defences Amid Rising Iran Tensions

The United States is mounting one of its most significant airpower buildups in recent years as F-22 Raptors and a wide array of supporting aircraft deploy toward the Middle East, signalling heightened pressure on Iran amid fragile nuclear negotiations and...
C-32A, US Air Force

C-32A “Air Force Two” Jet Emerges Wearing Trump’s Revived Air Force One Paint Scheme Executive Fleet Transformation Begins

U.S. Air Force’s Boeing 757-based C-32A executive transports has re-emerged in a striking new red, white, gold, and dark blue paint scheme, marking a significant visual shift for one of America’s most recognizable VIP aircraft fleets and signaling broader changes...
LongShot drones, AIM-120 missiles

X-68A LongShot Air-To-Air Missile-Carrying Drone Moves Closer To F-15 Launch, Opening New Era Of Standoff Air Combat

The United States is moving closer to a potentially transformative shift in aerial warfare as the Pentagon’s cutting-edge LongShot drone program advances toward its long-awaited first flight. Developed under the leadership of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the air-launched...
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