Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large, Author at Asia Times

Russian Topol ICBMs outside Moscow for the nation's annual May 9 Victory Day parade. Photo: AFP/DIMA KOROTAYEV

Beijing, China, Israel, Middle East, Russia, World

‘Star Wars’ missile defense is back, but not how it should be

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large April 3, 2018February 18, 2020

Space-based missile tracking sensors, high-energy particle beams that zap nuclear warheads and President Donald Trump’s call for a new “Space Force” branch of the US military. For those who remember President Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) of almost four decades ago, it sounds like déjà vu all over again. Reagan pitched building an ambitious anti-missile system in 1983 […]

With US President Trump's steel tariffs, China and the US are past the 'tipping point' on a trade war. A labourer works at a cold-rolling mill on the outskirts of Wuhan. Photo: Reuters/Alfred Cheng Jin

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Russia, Taiwan, Vietnam, World

Is US ‘engagement’ with China dead?

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large March 26, 2018February 18, 2020

A Chinese police officer wears a pair of facial-recognition smart glasses at Zhengzhou East Railway Station in Zhengzhou in China's central Henan province. Photo: AFP

Beijing, China, European Union, Middle East, Russia, World

China = ‘Big Brother’ for its surveillance tech. But US uses it too

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large March 23, 2018February 18, 2020

A high-speed video camera captured this projectile hurtling at 2.5km per second from the muzzle of an electromagnetic railgun in 2008. Photo: US Navy release

Beijing, China, World, Wuhan

Naval railguns: Are the US, China pursuing an unworkable weapon?

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large March 20, 2018February 18, 2020

Ethiopian workers are seen at the Huajian shoe factory on the outskirts of Addis Ababa. Photo: AFP / Zacharias Abubeker

Beijing, China, Egypt, European Union, France, Middle East, World

How many ‘Chinese’ businesses are in Africa?

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large March 16, 2018February 18, 2020

A passenger train at Rovaniemi's central station in Finland. Photo: iStock

China, European Union, Russia, World

Plan for Scandinavian ‘Ice-Silk Road’ west moves ahead

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large March 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: Reuters/Jason Lee

Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, World

‘China will try to avoid trade war with US but will retaliate if it must’

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large March 9, 2018February 18, 2020

A local resident greets Chinese and African workers on the Addis Ababa–Djibouti railway. Photo: Qin bin / Imaginechina

China, Egypt, France, Middle East, World

How accurate is investment reporting on China in Africa?

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large March 7, 2018February 18, 2020

Vladimir Putin addresses Russia's parliament on March 1, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Maxim Shemetov

AT Finance, European Union, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, World

Radioactivity may confirm Russian nuke-powered missile crash

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large March 6, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: iStock

AT Finance, China, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

Asia ahead of US in passing laws against social media abuse

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large March 1, 2018February 18, 2020

'If you want it badly, you're going to get it,' US President Donald Trump reportedly said during a White House infrastructure briefing. Photo: iStock

Beijing, China, European Union, France, Germany, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, World

Trump plan makes it unlikely Asian firms will help rebuild US infrastructure

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large February 24, 2018February 18, 2020

A high-speed camera image of the Office of Naval Research's Electromagnetic Railgun firing a world-record setting 33 mega-joule shot. Photo: US Navy via AFP/John F Williams

Australia, China, Oceania, Russia, World

Reports of US Navy railgun being abandoned are premature

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large February 20, 2018February 18, 2020

A US Air Force missile maintenance team works on the upper section of a nuclear warhead-attached intercontinental ballistic missile. Photo: USAF / Airman John Parie via Reuters

Beijing, China, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

Is China really threatening the US with nuclear weapons?

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large February 19, 2018February 18, 2020

FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing. Photo: Reuters / Leah Millis

World

FBI director slammed over ‘Chinese spies’ claim in the US

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large February 17, 2018February 18, 2020

A convoy of ships follows an ice breaker on the Arctic's Northern Sea Route. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

Arctic sea routes could ease Malacca Strait security issue

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large February 10, 2018February 18, 2020

A gas derrick is pictured at the village of Sabetta on the Yamal Peninsula in the Arctic circle. Photo: AFP/Kirill Kudryavtsev

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

‘China’s new Arctic policy is defensive, not offensive’

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large February 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Indian Navy soldiers stand guard to rifles in New Delhi during a rehearsal for India's Republic Day parade on January 18, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Saumya Khandelwal

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Pakistan, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, World

Great China-India naval war could be an anti-climax

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large February 6, 2018February 18, 2020

A woman walks past an advertisement at the entrance of a clothing store in Beijing on January 13, 2017. Photo: AFP / Wang Zhao

Beijing, China, Middle East, New Zealand, Oceania, Russia, World

A tale of two Changs and how they’re shaping Chinese consumerism

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large February 1, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: iStock / Getty

China, European Union, Germany, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

High hopes among Scandinavian backers of ‘Ice-Silk Road’ west

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large January 26, 2018February 18, 2020

Japan's solid-fuel rocket, Epsilon-3, launches at the Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Photo: Kyodo via Reuters

Beijing, China, India, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia

Can Japan’s Epsilon rocket be used as an ICBM?

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large January 23, 2018February 18, 2020

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