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US guided-missile destroyer transits in formation with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force during bilateral training in South China Sea. Photo: Navy handout via Reuters

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Oceania, Philippines, South Asia, Taiwan, Vietnam, World

Few options for US against China in South China Sea

by Adam Ni June 6, 2018February 18, 2020

French President Emmanuel Macron reviews an honor guard of the French Navy aboard the French Mistral Class assault ship and helicopter carrier "Dixmude", January 19, 2018. Photo: AFP/ Claude Paris

AT Finance, Beijing, Brunei, China, European Union, France, Japan, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Europe lends America muscle in South China Sea

by Richard Javad Heydarian June 6, 2018February 18, 2020

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi outlined his vision for the Indo-Pacific region at the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. Modi's speech was at times critical of China's expanding role and behavior in the region.Photo: Reuters/Edgar Su

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

At Shangri-La summit, two views of a new Indo-Pacific order

by Richard Javad Heydarian June 2, 2018February 18, 2020

A Chinese amphibious assault vehicle in the Seaborne Assault 2017 international competition held at Klerk training area of the Pacific Fleet. Photo: Sputnik via AFP/Vitaliy Ankov

AT Finance, Australia, China, Indonesia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, Taiwan, Thailand, World

China’s amphibious ambitions emerge in South China Sea

by Kerry K Gershaneck May 31, 2018February 18, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte speaks upon his arrival at Davao International Airport. Photo: Reuters/Lean Daval Jr

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Philippines, Vietnam, World

Philippines draws three hard lines on China

by Richard Javad Heydarian May 30, 2018February 18, 2020

An F18 fighter takes off from the deck of the USS Theodore Roosevelt while transiting the South China Sea, April 10, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Karen Lema

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Indonesia, Philippines, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Boil, toil and more trouble in South China Sea

by Richard Javad Heydarian May 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Muslim rebel with automatic rifle and machine-gun belt.
Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, India, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia

Power projects under increasing threat in Afghanistan

by Ruchi Kumar and Ajmal Omari May 25, 2018February 18, 2020

Navy personnel of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy take part in a military display in the South China Sea April 12, 2018. Picture taken April 12, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Stringer

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, South Asia, Vietnam, World

A war footing emerges in the South China Sea

by Richard Javad Heydarian May 22, 2018February 18, 2020

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Afghanistan, Bahrain, China, European Union, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Trump, Iran and the lull before the storm

by Bilal Khan May 11, 2018

US President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un.

AT Finance, Beijing, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, World

The safe choice? Singapore to host first-ever North Korea-US summit

by Andrew Salmon May 11, 2018February 18, 2020

China's aircraft carrier Liaoning (C) takes part in a military drill of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy in the western Pacific Ocean, April 18, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Stringer

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Middle East, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, Vietnam, World

Asia’s arms race to pick up pace

by Alan Boyd May 9, 2018February 18, 2020

How media hype and politics get in the way of professionals

by Tatiana Kanunnikova May 2, 2018

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang laughs with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during a signing ceremony at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, April 8, 2018. Picture: Parker Song/Pool via Reuters

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Singapore-led Asean favors China over US

by Richard Javad Heydarian April 30, 2018February 18, 2020

North and South Korea flags. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, China, Iraq, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Will Korea talks bring lasting peace?

by Xuan Loc Doan April 27, 2018April 27, 2018

A flotilla of Chinese naval vessels in a live combat drill in an undated photo. Photo: AFP/China Out

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, France, India, Japan, Middle East, Myanmar, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Timor Leste, World

China advances, West frets in South Pacific

by Bertil Lintner April 25, 2018February 18, 2020

Outgoing Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan, Manpreet Vohra, shows his cricket prowess in Kabul. Photo: Courtesy of the Indian Embassy in Kabul

Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, South Asia, World

High civilian casualties in Afghanistan, while the world dithers

by Ruchi Kumar April 24, 2018February 18, 2020

North Korea, Missile, Unclear, USA. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Cambodia, China, India, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

How to negotiate a lasting deal with North Korea

by Brahma Chellaney April 23, 2018April 23, 2018

Indian SU-30 fighter jet. Photo: Defense Forum India

China, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, South Asia

India’s new think tank for military strategy planning misses the mark

by Prakash Katoch April 23, 2018April 24, 2018

Warships and fighter jets of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy take part in a military display in the South China Sea on April 12, 2018. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, South Asia, World

China’s show of force pushes Philippines back to America

by Richard Javad Heydarian April 20, 2018February 18, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches the launch of a Hwasong-12 missile in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 16, 2017. Photo: KCNA via Reuters

China, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Why the Trump-Kim talks will fail

by Bertil Lintner April 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Illustrative image of space warfare. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

AT Finance, Australia, China, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, World

Great powers race for space war supremacy

by Alan Boyd April 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Afghanistan, China, Germany, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Turkey, World

Will US negotiate an exit strategy with the Taliban?

by Haroun Mir April 17, 2018April 17, 2018

Map of Pakistan. Image: iStock

Afghanistan, China, European Union, India, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Turkey, World

The propaganda war against Pakistan’s military

by Atta Rasool Malik April 4, 2018

Silhouette of military soldiers on money background.War, military and danger concept. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, China, Egypt, European Union, Germany, Greater Bay Area, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Partition of Syria: US and Israel eye Golan Heights oil

by Christina Lin April 4, 2018April 4, 2018

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) greets his Vietnamese counterpart Tran Dai Quang during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on June 29, 2017. Photo: AFP/Pool/Natalia Kolesnikova

AT Finance, Beijing, China, France, India, Russia, South Asia, Vietnam, World

US won’t easily break Russia’s hold on Vietnam

by Nate Fischler April 3, 2018February 18, 2020

Pushpin marking on Pyongyang, North Korea map. Image: iStock

Beijing, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Beijing’s ‘win-win’ Korean Peninsula scenario

by Xuan Loc Doan March 30, 2018March 30, 2018

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and then Israeli Prime minister Ehud Olmert attend Bastille Day celebrations in Paris on July 14, 2008. Photo: AFP / ERIC Feferberg

Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Middle East, Syria, World

How Israel’s nuclear hegemony serves regional stability

by Shaiel Ben-Ephraim March 22, 2018February 18, 2020

Henry Kissinger, Leonid Brezhnev and Viktor Sukhodrev visit a hunting farm at Zavidovo, Russia, May 1973. Photo via Flickr

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Cambodia, China, Egypt, European Union, Germany, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

Congratulations or none, ostracizing Russia might be worse

by Stephen Bryen March 22, 2018

The defeat of ISIS. Photo: Flickr Commons

Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

ISIS caliphate consigned to the dustbin of history

by Nicos Panayiotides March 22, 2018March 22, 2018

A crypto-currency hardware wallet like the Ledger Nano is designed to allow computer-based transactions to be made via a USB connection while protecting the user’s private identity keys. Photo: YouTube screen grab

World

Teenager cracks ‘unhackable’ crypto trading device

by Richard Cook March 21, 2018February 18, 2020