Taiwan sifts through strategic lessons of Iran war
Key issue is not whether the US would act in a China conflict, but how it would manage multiple crises
Indo-Pacific Tension
China and the United States battle for supremacy
But their great power rivalry has left Indo-Pacific nations questioning an American or Chinese hegemony
Japan warns that China is an existential ‘threat’
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments spark war of words amid Beijing’s military buildup
China launches ‘biggest military build-up in the world’
Defense Minister Marles warns of the geopolitical threats posed by Beijing to the Indo-Pacific region
Return of US isolationism and a Trump presidency
The ‘outlook for US allies in the Asia Pacific is grim’ if he manages to regain the White House
Containing China harks back to a Cold War mindset
Washington’s ‘aspiration is making many allies’ of the United States ‘increasingly uncomfortable’
Australia acts to counter China’s military might
Defense review highlights Beijing’s growing threat to the ‘global rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific’