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US President Barack Obama talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Lima, Peru November 20, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque

AT Finance, Beijing, China, France, India, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Russia: Still a Paper Tiger in the Pacific?

by Richard A. Bitzinger January 25, 2017January 25, 2017

It's what you can't see... Doomsayers are too eager to write off the US military. China has a long, long way to go. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Australia, China, India, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, World

Aircraft carriers in Asia: How they are taking shape

by Richard A. Bitzinger January 18, 2017January 18, 2017

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump talks to members of the media after a meeting meeting with Pentagon officials at Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., December 21, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Australia, China, Israel, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, World

Trump and the theater of arms acquisitions

by Richard A. Bitzinger December 24, 2016December 25, 2016

China's Politburo Standing Committee member Wang Qishan, the head of China's anti-corruption watchdog, stands next to a Chinese flag, in Beijing, China, September 2, 2015. Photo: Reuters/Jason Lee

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China’s dangerous sense of entitled victimhood

by Richard A. Bitzinger December 16, 2016December 15, 2016

US military forces aboard Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV) manoeuvre on South China Sea near the shore during the annual Philippines-US amphibious landing exercise (PHIBLEX) in San Antonio, Zambales province, Philippines October 7, 2016. Photo: REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco

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Trump’s pivot to Asia: A boon for the US arms industry?

by Richard A. Bitzinger December 8, 2016December 7, 2016

An MQ-1B Predator remotely piloted aircraft flies overhead during a 2013 training mission in Nevada.

AT Finance, Chengdu, China, Egypt, Hong Kong, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, South Asia, World

Armed drones: China’s next big arms export?

by Richard A. Bitzinger November 11, 2016November 11, 2016

Japanese Self-Defence Forces' (SDF) official is silhouetted while flights performs air show during the annual SDF ceremony at Asaka Base, Japan, October 23, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

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Fighter aircraft: Made in Asia?

by Richard A. Bitzinger October 31, 2016

Crew from HMS Vengeance stand on their vessel as they return along the Clyde river to the Faslane naval base near Glasgow. Photo: REUTERS/David Moir

AT Finance, Beijing, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Germany, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, World

The myth of the submarine “arms race” in Southeast Asia

by Richard A. Bitzinger October 19, 2016October 19, 2016

CineCopter II drone. Photo: Wikimedia Common

China, Russia, World

Nuclear-armed drones? They may be closer than you think

by Richard A. Bitzinger October 9, 2016October 16, 2016

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, Egypt, European Union, France, Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Myanmar, Pakistan, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, United Kingdom, World

Why hardly anyone wants to buy Chinese weapons

by Richard A. Bitzinger September 17, 2016September 30, 2016

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Russia, Singapore, World

China’s disturbing new nuclear buildup

by Richard A. Bitzinger September 9, 2016September 9, 2016

Still image from United States Navy video purportedly shows Chinese dredging vessels in the waters around Mischief Reef in the disputed Spratly Islands

AT Finance, China, Singapore, South Asia, Taiwan

The US third offsets strategy: Why China should worry

by Richard A. Bitzinger August 27, 2016

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China’s militarization of the South China Sea: Building a strategic strait?

by Richard A. Bitzinger June 21, 2016

AT Finance, Australia, China, European Union, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Japan’s disappointing entrée into the global arms market

by Richard A. Bitzinger May 20, 2016

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India vs. China: The great arms contest

by Richard A. Bitzinger April 18, 2016April 19, 2016

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The avoidable war with China

by Richard A. Bitzinger March 22, 2016March 23, 2016

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

A new low? Chinese defense spending takes a hit

by Richard A. Bitzinger March 8, 2016March 8, 2016

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, World

China’s not-so-wonderful weapons

by Richard A. Bitzinger February 23, 2016February 23, 2016