China’s newest supersonic stealth bomber — which doubles the country’s strike range and completes its nuclear triad — could be ready for rollout later this year but B... Read more

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended U.S. military operations around the world, stalled some training at home and troop movements abroad, and halted a host of exercises with key allies from Asi... Read more

If Kim Jong Un is dying or dead as some rumors say, who is likely to be the successor? Most analysts have pointed to his younger sister, Kim Yo Jong – but usually with the caveat that the dy... Read more

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An ancient Chinese stratagem instructs military leaders: “Chen huo da jie,” or “loot a house when it’s on fire.” The tactic is simple and self-explanatory — strike when your enemy is most vu... Read more

Editor’s note: The Economist is making some of its most important coverage of the covid-19 pandemic freely available to readers of The Economist Today, our daily newsletter. To receive it, r... Read more

Ongoing tensions between Washington and Beijing have prompted the US to promise to cooperate with the island for ‘years to come’ Taiwan’s exclusion from the WHO has been another source of te... Read more

Bangladesh has executed a former Army officer for his involvement in the assassination of the country’s founder, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975. Bangladesh Capt (dismissed)... Read more