Countering China in IOR, Indian Navy Conducts Largest War Games
With a focus to counter China’s growing assertiveness in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), the Indian Navy has conducted over a month-long drill, its largest military exercise ever – the... Read more
India-China face-off: takeaways for the Indo-Pacific region
The 10-month confrontation between Indian and Chinese troops in the eastern Ladakh region of India is gradually coming to an end. After nine rounds of talks between military commanders, dipl... Read more
Australia Posts Liaison Officer at Indian Navy’s Information Fusion Centre
Australia has posted a liaison officer at Indian Navy’s Gurgaon-based Information Fusion Centre (IFC) that has emerged as a major hub of maritime security information relating to the I... Read more
NATO Boosts Iraq Mission with Thousands of Personnel
NATO is planning to scale up its mission training Iraq’s security forces with thousands of new personnel as the military alliance seeks to help keep the Islamic State group at bay, Secretary... Read more
The Biden administration said Thursday that it was ready to hold talks with other world powers and Iran to discuss Tehran’s nuclear program, marking a first step in a possible diplomat... Read more
Quad Vows to work with ASEAN and Europe in First Biden-era Meeting
Four weeks after the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden, the top diplomats of the U.S., Japan, Australia and India met by phone Thursday for the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or Qua... Read more
Pakistan’s Naval Exercise Aman-21: More Rhetoric Less Substance
Pakistan test-fired a Nuclear-Capable Submarine Launched Cruise Missile simultaneous with Aman-2021 Naval Drills that commenced off the Karachi coast. As per the statement of Inter-Services... Read more
Biden Announces New Pentagon-Run China Task Force
President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced at the Pentagon a review of how the military is postured to deter China in the Pacific region. Biden, who was joined by Vice President Kamala Harri... Read more
P&W to Make Engines for F-35 Block 4 Development, Testing
The U.S. Department of Defense announced a $49.2 million contract to Pratt and Whitney (P&W) to manufacture engines for F-35 Lightning II Block 4 fighter aircraft. This contract provide... Read more
Decoupling Denied: Japan Inc. Lays its Bets on China
In 1978, when Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping visited a factory belonging to what is now Panasonic Corp. in Osaka, he made Chairman Konosuke Matsushita an offer he couldn’t refuse. That y... Read more