Asia Defense

“We have never exported weapons or ammunition to Russia before and we will not plan to export them,” state media quoted a North Korean official as saying.

The contraction of U.S. defense and civilian industries since the end of the Cold War has made foreign inputs into key weapons programs indispensable.

One year on, the announcement of the Australia-U.K.-U.S alliance has not been accompanied by any major changes to France’s Indo-Pacific defense strategy.

The India-Japan engagement has been enhanced both on the bilateral front as well as in minilateral formats such as the Quad in recent years. 

Taiwan’s Indigenous Defense Submarine (IDS) program is not only cost-prohibitive but operationally ineffective.

Pursuing a nuclear deterrent against Chinese aggression would undermine the country's international reputation and destabilize relations with Beijing.

In a more constrained and turbulent region, Manila has little choice but to lean into its status as a rising middle power.

The new Truss government in London is likely to upgrade the current partnership to quasi-alliance status.

Pyongyang reportedly intends to sell millions of rockets and artillery shells to Moscow.

As archipelagic nations facing a similar array of threats, there are ample reasons for the two nations to establish closer security ties.

While the Vikrant’s commissioning definitely boosts India’s naval capabilities, the overall trend in naval power is clearly shifting away from India.