US Military

Despite criticism – with some stating Tokyo has its eye on nuclear weapons – Japanese security thinking has changed only incrementally.

U.S.-Taiwan relations have been guided by ‘strategic ambiguity’. Time to be clear, says J. Michael Cole.

Dr. James Holmes on what the U.S. Navy’s biofuels-propelled fleet reminds us about history.

Shifting limited U.S. naval assets into the Pacific makes sense. But that doesn’t mean it will be easy.

China’s media has panned the U.S. military’s Pacific pivot. But the U.S. is just fleshing out an existing strategy.

The US Air Force is having problems with its stealth fighter. It’s a headache for its plans in the Asia-Pacific.

Slashing the US defence budget could undermine stability in Asia and US interests there, says J. Randy Forbes. And it could get worse this autumn.

Hillary Clinton has raised the question of a US ceasefire in Afghanistan. It may be recognition that there’s no military solution to this decade-old conflict.

Having feared the US entry into Afghanistan, some in Russia now fear the United States’ exit will make it a bigger target for Islamic militants.

The US is wrong if it assumes it can always be business as usual after arms sales to Taiwan. As China rises, the temptation to push back grows.

A top US general outlines his priorities for the US Air Force as the service is forced to confront tight budgets.

At a time of uncertainty, the Asia-Pacific should stick with the security guarantees that have brought it relative peace and prosperity. It’s too soon to count the US out.