Category: Security

India announced that it will provide two domestically-made warships to Vietnam that will help bolster the Southeast Asian country's coastal defense capabilities, presumably against incursions by Chinese maritime forces. The donation was the highlight of a visit this week by Vietnamese Defense ...

Recent breaches of Palau's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) prompted President Surangel Whipps, Jr. to call on the United States to increase the frequency of navy patrols near the small Pacific Island Country's maritime borders. There's been no comment from the Pentagon ...

By Saniya Kulkarni China, Pakistan, and Iran met in Beijing last Wednesday for a first-of-its-kind trilateral consultation on security and counterterrorism efforts in the region. China and Pakistan have previously shared concerns about organizations operating across Pakistan’s northern provinces and Afghanistan such ...

The White House is defending its seemingly contradictory response to last week's Wall Street Journal report that claimed China is building a new base in Cuba to spy on the United States. When the report first came out, National Security Council Spokesperson ...

At their summit in Hiroshima, Japan, earlier in mid-May, the Group of Seven wealthy industrial nations committed themselves to improving global food security. The Hiroshima Statement for Resilient Global Food Security called for increasing development assistance and food aid to address an ...

By Lukas Fiala The label ‘Made in China’ has long epitomized China’s prominence in global manufacturing. From primary materials to advanced consumer goods, China’s rapid economic rise has been undergirded by the country’s insertion into global value chains since the 1980s ...

Ahead of President Tshisekedi's arrival in Beijing on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Qin Gang met his Congolese counterpart Christophe Lutundula yesterday. Beyond the formalities and diplomatic courtesies reaffirming the strength of relations between the two countries, Qin made a comment that may ...

While joint military exercises between China and countries like South Africa draw controversy, much less attention is being paid to the role of policing in Africa-China relations. A fascinating new paper by the Africa-China security expert Paul Nantuyla maps the growing ...

Pacific Island Countries (PIC) are the current focal point in the escalating competition for influence between the United States and China around the world. Both Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Micronesia signed defense agreements with the United States on Monday during ...

Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his wife, Louise Araneta-Marcos, met U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris for brunch on Tuesday at her official residence in northwest Washington. D.C. During their talks at the residence, the two reaffirmed the strength of their ...

The president of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., met with U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday amid rising tensions with China in the South China Sea/West Philippine Sea. Security cooperation topped the agenda in the form of shared defense guidelines and equipment, as ...

U.S. intelligence sources say construction has resumed on a suspected Chinese military facility in the United Arab Emirates, reports the Washington Post. The allegations form part of a recent leak of classified documents on the social media site Discord. The Discord leaks ...