US, Philippines flex alliance in heat of Taiwan crisis

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MANILA ~ Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr formally opened a new page in his family’s longstanding and often fraught relations with the US when he warmly welcomed ALL OF US Secretary of Point out Antony Blinken into the Malacañang Palace over the weekend. The meeting occured in the same entrée that the Marcoses fled 36 years early on […]

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Post-Pelosi puzzle: When is a ‘blockade’ not a blockade?

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US-China relations are now the worst since then-president Richard Nixon opened modern relations in 1972. At the June Shangri-La Dialogue, Chinese Defense Minister General Wei Fenghe warned US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, “If you want confrontation, we will fight to the very end.” The visit to Taiwan last week by Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, […]

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Iron Dome passes another Gaza war missile test

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If there is one thing clear as war breaks out in southern Israel and the Gaza strip, it is that Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system works and works in spectacular fashion. Faced with the launch of over 70 missiles, many of them simultaneously, the Iron Dome interceptors picked them off quickly, one by one. Iron Dome […]

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Bladed ‘Ninja’ missile decapitated al-Qaeda’s head

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The recent killing of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri by CIA drone strike was the latest US response to 9/11. Politically, it amplified existing distrust between US leaders and the Taliban government in Afghanistan. The killing also exposed compromises in the 2020 Doha peace agreement between the US and the Taliban. But another story is emerging […]

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US calls for tougher scrutiny of Turkey’s TB2 drones

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This story was originally published by ProPublica. As countries around the globe add armed drones to their arsenals, federal lawmakers are pressing the Biden administration to investigate how US parts and technology ended up in what has fast become one of the most popular models on the world market: Turkey’s TB2. Manufactured by the Turkish […]

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US, Indonesia agree to disagree on Ukraine

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) talks to Indonesian President Joko Widodo at the Bocharov Ruchei state residence in Sochi on May 18, 2016. Photo: AFP/Host Photo Agency

To many Americans who view Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as an unprovoked war that must be opposed, Indonesia’s high levels of public support for Russia may be perplexing. But divergent US and Indonesian views should not come as a surprise. The United States and Indonesia tend to perceive international events — and one another — […]

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Russia, EU continue transition to wartime economies

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Having declared victory over the “economic blitzkrieg” of Western sanctions in March, Russian President Vladimir Putin must contend with continued Western financial support to Ukraine as it combats Russian forces. In addition, the Kremlin will be forced to finance the reconstruction and integration of conquered Ukrainian territory. With costs mounting, Putin has increasingly promoted the […]

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BeiDou fully armed to guide China’s phones and missiles

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China is seeking to promote the civil use of its satellite navigation system with the launch of a new chip that can support short messages on smartphones in remote areas. The built-in chip would allow smartphone users to send and receive short messages through the country’s BeiDou navigation satellite system, Yang Changfeng, chief architect of […]

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China tries to reel in its overfishing habit

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Global fish stocks face an emergency, with nearly all categorized as either fully exploited, overexploited or considerably depleted. China is the biggest contributor to this issue as a world chief in both fishery exports and imports. It really is simultaneously responsible for 15% of the global overall of caught seafood and one-third associated with fish consumption globally. China’s […]

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Pelosi visit puts Japan in Taiwan firing line

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US House associated with Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi was today in Japan, where she met Leading Minister Fumio Kishida on the final lower-leg of her controversial Asia tour. That will controversy swiftly mutated into ongoing army tensions – though so far, it is not ALL OF US assets that are in Chinese gunsights. 10 Chinese ships plus 20 warplanes […]

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