Category: Conflict

How the Philippines-U.S. Alliance Can Draw on Lessons from the Middle East

This month, the Philippines and the United States are holding their largest iteration of their bilateral Balikatan or shoulder-to-shoulder military exercise. The first Balikatan took place in 1991. Since then, the exercise has become a cornerstone of the alliance and a catalyst for interoperability and joint preparedness ...

Analysis from Cobus van Staden

Reading the Xi-Trump Summit’s South/North Signals

As I write, U.S. President Donald Trump is aboard Air Force One en route home after his highly anticipated visit to Beijing. 
There is much we still don’t know – not least what was discussed in face-to-face meetings towards the end of the visit. As often happens with Trump, the coverage collapses the personal and the global, with the former injecting wild-card energy into the latter.

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Any Conflict Over Taiwan Would Risk U.S.-China Nuclear Escalation, Study Finds

By Greg Torode and Jun Yuan Yong A conflict between the U.S. and China over Taiwan would risk a nuclear escalation with both militaries likely to stage sweeping operations targeting rival command and communications hubs, a leading defense research center said on Thursday. ...

China–India Rapprochement Is Tactical, Not Strategic

A thaw in the China–India relationship has been underway since October 2024 when the two governments announced a border agreement. This followed clashes in 2020, which marked the worst period of hostilities in over four decades. Both sides have taken numerous actions ...

Myanmar Military Steps up Fight for Rare Earth Area and Border Routes

Myanmar's military has launched renewed offensives into several border regions, including a frontier area with critical rare earth deposits and other vital trade routes, a month after a new administration took formal control of the war-torn country. New military chief Ye ...

Xi Hails ‘Unbreakable’ Pakistan Ties, Praises Iran Peace Efforts

President Xi Jinping hailed China's "unbreakable" friendship with Pakistan on Monday as he met Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Beijing, seeking to deepen their "all-weather" partnership. Xi welcomed the Pakistani leader as an "old friend" at Beijing's Great Hall of the ...

Key U.S.-Iran Negotiator Munir in China With PM Sharif: Pakistan Tv

Islamabad's key negotiator between the United States and Iran, army chief Asim Munir, is in Beijing alongside the country's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for talks with Chinese leaders, Pakistan television showed on Monday. Munir was in Tehran on Friday and Saturday ...

Pakistan’s PM to Visit China for Talks Overshadowed by Iran War

By Mary Yang, with Shrouq Tariq in Islamabad Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will head to China this weekend for talks with President Xi Jinping, Beijing said Thursday, without specifying whether the war in Iran would be discussed. ...

Russia, China Scold the U.S. Over ‘Golden Dome’ Plans

Russia and China said on Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump's Golden Dome missile-defense shield plans threatened strategic stability and that Washington had been irresponsible not to work on a replacement for a landmark nuclear treaty. The rebuke was issued ...

Putin, Xi Hail ‘Unyielding’ Ties in Talks After Trump Visit

By Danai HOWARD and Sam DAVIES President Xi Jinping hailed China and Russia's "unyielding" ties in talks with Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, as the pair met to underscore their alliance days after Donald Trump's visit to the Asian superpower economy. ...

Exclusive: Russians Covertly Trained by China Return to Fight in Ukraine

China's armed forces secretly trained about 200 Russian military personnel in China late last year and some have since returned to fight in Ukraine, according to three European intelligence agencies and documents seen by Reuters. While China and Russia have ...

Beijing Brushes off Allegations Chinese Ship Hit by Russian Drone

Ukraine said on Monday that a Russian Shahed drone had hit the Chinese cargo vessel KSL Deyang in the Black Sea. The Ukrainian navy posted a photo showing part of the ship's upper deck blackened after the alleged strike.

Putin Trip Aims to Show China Ties Unshakable After Trump Pomp

By Danai HOWARD Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in Beijing on Tuesday for talks with his Chinese counterpart and his "long-time good friend" Xi Jinping, intending to show their ties are unshakeable days after a visit by Donald Trump.

Russian Drone Hit Chinese Cargo Ship Overnight in Black Sea: Ukraine

A Russian drone hit a Chinese cargo ship in the Black Sea overnight, Ukraine said Monday, a day before Russian President Vladimir Putin heads to Beijing to meet Xi Jinping. Kyiv routinely announces Russian attacks on civilian vessels near the ...
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