Security

A 27-year-old Afghan national in the U.S. and a juvenile accomplice were arrested on October 7 after allegedly purchasing weapons for an Election Day attack.

The Self-Reliant Defense Posture Revitalization Act aims to support the country's military modernization drive by increasing its domestic manufacturing capacity.

The military and the mobs it supports are targeting local and global NGOs and their workers in Buthidaung town in Rakhine State.

The U.K. will maintain de facto control over Diego Garcia, and the crucial U.S. military facility there, for another 99 years.

A new Al Jazeera documentary advances claims that Alice Guo, a former Philippine mayor, worked as a spy for the Chinese government.

A former defense minister, Ishiba's victory will have important implications for the future of Japan-Taiwan relations.

There’s an obvious anti-U.S. bent to China’s ties with Russia, Iran, and North Korea, but Beijing must tread carefully lest it be pulled deeper into conflict than it is willing to go.

As the world faces rapid change and competition over AI, Japan’s step-up is significant for the East Asian region but also the wider world. 

Integrating Japan’s counterstrike capability with South Korea’s Three Axis system could strengthen the security of both countries.

The third nuclear age has forced strategic thinkers to confront the dilemma of nuclear deterrence anew, this time in a multipolar nuclear world.

Beijing claims that the Vietnamese fishing boat was operating illegally in Chinese waters, and that its actions caused "no injuries."

Japan’s new prime minister has long called for more reciprocity in the alliance, including revisions in the Status of Forces Agreement and Japan-U.S. Security Treaty.