US Military

In the first of a series of dispatches from Afghanistan, David Axe reports on how superior US air power isn’t bringing victory any closer.

With public support tumbling and politicians on all sides keen to find a way out, the Obama administration has been quietly changing tack.

Arab world unrest shouldn’t distract from the looming abyss of the Afghan War. The US should welcome a Turkish move to engage the Taliban.

China has been keen to flaunt its military prowess. A newly found confidence and intention to deter are two reasons.

An economic minnow but a geographic titan, Mongolia is of growing strategic interest to both the US and China, writes J Berkshire Miller.

Police have been getting tough on protests over the location of US bases. Is it part of a broader crackdown?

Renewed construction in Okinawa has reignited debate over the US military. But is the time for talk over?

Despite the fanfare surrounding China’s J-20 stealth prototype, the real game-changer in the Pacific will be US spy planes, argues David Axe.

Despite the Obama administration’s claims of success, Afghanistan is in a guerrilla war that might be too expensive for the country to win, argues Juan Cole in our feature interview.

The US wants to keep better track of the money it spends in the Philippines. Is it breaching Filipino sovereignty?

China’s first fifth-generation, J-20 fighter plane could shake up the Pacific order, writes David Axe. But it probably won’t.

Nine years after the first post-Taliban UN talks on Afghanistan were concluded in Bonn, one border province is still left oddly isolated.