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Covering geo-political news and current affairs across Asia

Tag: Arms Sales

Posted inOpinion

Challenge of maintaining US ‘arsenal of democracy’

by Seth Cropsey May 12, 2022May 17, 2022

The United States and its NATO allies are playing a critical role in Eastern Europe, ensuring that the Ukrainian military remains well supplied, and the Ukrainian state economically functional. However, the US is no longer the “arsenal of democracy” it was in the 1940s, nor is it the industrial power it was until the 1980s.  Russia, […]

Photo: Reuters/Mick Tsikas
Posted inMilitary

Defense giants quietly making billions on Ukraine war

by Peter Bloom March 10, 2022March 14, 2022
Posted inAnalysis

A twist in the bid to stop arms sales to Yemen

by Stephen Bryen February 26, 2021February 27, 2021
Posted inIndia

Border clashes prompt India to fast-track weapons buys

by Dave Makichuk July 7, 2020July 10, 2020
Posted inIndia, South Asia, United States, World

President Trump getting a wall in India too

by Saikat Datta February 17, 2020February 18, 2020
US President Donald Trump holds an arms-sales chart with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman in the Oval Office of the White House on March 20, 2018. Photo: AFP/Mandel Ngan
Posted inMiddle East, Saudi Arabia, United States, World

Trump eyes riding arms sales to re-election

by William D Hartung February 16, 2020February 18, 2020
Posted inIran, Iraq, Kuwait, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

America’s arms sales addiction

by William D Hartung November 24, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inChina, Taiwan

US, China tilting towards conflict on Taiwan

by Bertil Lintner July 26, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inBeijing, China, Taiwan, United States, World

PLA flexes muscles as Taiwan’s Tsai musters support

by K.G. Chan July 16, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Philippines

Israel lends Philippines a helping strategic hand

by Richard S Ehrlich July 4, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inCanada, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, World, Yemen

Canada’s ‘Liberals’ have a disturbing imperialist streak

by Vijay Prashad June 6, 2019February 18, 2020
Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Defense Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing attends a ceremony to mark the 69th Martyrs' Day in Yangon, Myanmar, July 19, 2016. Photo: AFP via Mur Photo/U Aung
Posted inAT Finance, Myanmar

Asian allies boost Myanmar’s pariah military

by Nyshka Chandran May 17, 2019February 18, 2020
An F-16 fighter jet takes off from an air base in Taiwan. Photo: AFP
Posted inChina

Sale of ‘obsolete’ F-16s to Taiwan irks Beijing

by Asia Times staff April 1, 2019February 18, 2020
A US Marine F-35B Joint Strike Fighter Jet sits in a hangar at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. Photo: Reuters / Michael Spooneybarger
Posted inMiddle East, Turkey, United States, World

Now ‘impossible’ to give Turkey F-35, US warns

by Asia Times staff March 9, 2019February 18, 2020
China's President Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi as they attend the welcome ceremony at Yanqi Lake during the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing on May 15, 2017.  Photo: AFP/Pool
Posted inAT Finance, Myanmar

China seeks big-ticket payback from Myanmar

by Bertil Lintner January 16, 2019February 18, 2020
F-35 prepares for landing. Photo: Reuters
Posted inChina, Japan, Northeast Asia, Taiwan, World

Taiwan ends quest for F-35s as Japan looks at buying 100 more

by Asia Times staff November 29, 2018February 18, 2020
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (R) listens to Russian President Vladimir Putin  on the sidelines of the 33rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Singapore on November 14, 2018. Photo: AFP/Roslan Rahman
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

As US-China tussle and joust, Russia moves on SEAsia

by Nile Bowie November 26, 2018February 18, 2020
The command room of a Royal Air Force airborne early warning plane. Photo: RAF
Posted inBeijing, China, European Union, United Kingdom, World

Britain returns radar tech for Chinese investments

by Asia Times staff November 2, 2018February 18, 2020
Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, Germany, India, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, South Asia, Taiwan, Vietnam, World

Economics, not ‘security,’ likely fueling nuclear arms race

by Ken Moak October 31, 2018
A model of the S26T submarine on display. Photo: Handout
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, Egypt, Malaysia, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, World, Wuhan

Chinese subs, tanks, ships sold in South, Southeast Asia

by Asia Times staff September 6, 2018February 18, 2020

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