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A 'Go-fast' narco boat off the coast of Panama, as tracked by a US Customs and Border Protection P-3 aircraft. Photo via YouTube

Australia, China, European Union, France, India, Italy, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Taiwan, United Kingdom, World

Narco submarines offer lessons for Pacific defense

by Stephen Bryen March 21, 2018

World

Blockchain to secure the Internet of Things?

by Asia Times March 14, 2018February 18, 2020

Bashar al-Assad grafitti. Photo: Flickr Commons

Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

No hope for Syria while Assad remains in power

by M Shamsur Rabb Khan March 13, 2018March 13, 2018

Abandoned house vandalized with "I LOVE ISIS" graffiti in Marawi, southern Philippines on June 9, 2017. Photo: NurPhoto via AFP/Richard Atrero de Guzman

AT Finance, China, Indonesia, Iraq, Malaysia, Middle East, Philippines, South Asia, Syria

ISIS alive and well in the Philippines

by Bong S Sarmiento March 12, 2018February 18, 2020

China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy soldiers patrol at Woody Island, in the Paracel Archipelago in the South China Sea. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Maldives, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

A New Order for the Indo-Pacific

by Brahma Chellaney March 11, 2018February 18, 2020

A U.S. sailor and a Vietnamese musician perform at a music performance at a public square as part of the visit to Vietnam of U.S. aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in Danang, Vietnam March 7, 2018. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, South Asia, Vietnam, World

US warship wields soft power in Vietnam

by Xuan Loc Doan March 9, 2018March 9, 2018

Australia, Beijing, China, Oceania, World

China’s quest for techno-military supremacy

by Adam Ni March 7, 2018February 18, 2020

UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson. Photo: Flickr Commons

Bahrain, Iran, Kuwait, Middle East, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

What’s wrong with UK’s approach to the Middle East?

by Tatiana Kanunnikova March 7, 2018March 8, 2018

Vice Admiral Phillip G Sawyer (R), Commander of the US Navy's 7th Fleet, greets Vietnamese officials after the US aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson pulled into port in Danang on March 5, 2018. Photo: AFP/Linh Pham

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

Why Vietnam welcomes America’s return

by Pham Chi Dung March 6, 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

A Taiwanese flag flies in front of Taiwan Navy ships. Photo: Central News Agency

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Germany, Israel, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Russia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

Taiwan faces a crucial decision on technology transfers to China

by Stephen Bryen March 6, 2018February 18, 2020

A Vietnamese soldier keeps watch in front of US aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson after its arrival at a port in Danang, Vietnam March 5, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Kham

AT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, World

US and Vietnam float warily together

by Richard Javad Heydarian March 5, 2018February 18, 2020

People participating in the Two Sessions usually have to stand for long periods at the Great Hall of the People. Photo: iStock

Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Macau

The dark side of the Great Hall in Two Sessions

by Ben Kwok March 2, 2018February 18, 2020

Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and US President Donald Trump shake hands during a news conference at the White House in Washington, February 23, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst

Australia, Beijing, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, World

America, Australia in an uneasy ‘mateship’

by Lachlan Colquhoun February 28, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump holds a trilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit in Manila on November 13, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, Cambodia, China, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Revived ‘Quad’ alliance eggs on China’s response

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

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (L) at a news conference at the White House in Washington, February 23, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, India, Japan, Middle East, New Zealand, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

Trump urges Turnbull to flex more muscle

by Alan Boyd February 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Myanmar security officials stand guard in a pool of mud on July 13, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Simon Lewis

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Myanmar, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Rakhine bombings spread Myanmar’s ethnic conflict

by David Scott Mathieson February 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Wan Kuok Koi. Photo: The World Hongmen History And Culture Association

China, Macau, World

‘Broken Tooth Koi’ offers to provide Belt and Road muscle

by Ben Kwok February 23, 2018February 18, 2020

North Korea's general reconnaissance bureau head Kim Yong-chol speaks during a briefing for diplomats in Pyongyang. Kim is due to attend the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea. Photo: Kyodo via Reuters

AT Finance, Australia, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

After the ‘Peace Olympics,’ time for the war games?

by Andrew Salmon February 23, 2018February 18, 2020

China's Premier Li Keqiang (L) is welcomed to New Zealand's Government House by a Maori elder during a welcome ceremony in Wellington on March 27, 2017. Photo: AFP/ Marty Melville

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Guangzhou, Middle East, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, South Asia, World

China scare spreads to New Zealand

by Alan Boyd February 22, 2018February 18, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte's needs Chinese financing to build the US$4 billion Mindanao Railway. Photo: Reuters/Wu Hong

AT Finance, Beijing, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Korea, Vietnam, World

Duterte to China: ‘if you want, just make us a province’

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

Chairman Wolfgang Ischinger addresses the Munich Security Conference last week. Photo: AFP/Andreas Gebert/DPA

China, European Union, Germany, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Russia, World

Munich did nothing to appease Cold War 2.0 fears

by Pepe Escobar February 20, 2018February 18, 2020

USA and Syrian flag in grunge and vintage style. Photo: iStock

Egypt, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Ending America’s disastrous role in Syria

by Jeffrey D. Sachs February 19, 2018

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

An X-ray image of a woman going into an x-ray scanner to safeguard her handbag. Photo: YouTube

China, Middle East

Woman climbs into an x-ray machine to keep money safe

by Asia Times staff February 16, 2018February 18, 2020

A Myanmar army officer (C) attends the opening ceremony of Cobra Gold, Asia's largest annual multilateral military exercise, outside Bangkok, Thailand February 13, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, Iraq, Middle East, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Thailand, World

Myanmar’s military just wants to be normal

by Anthony Davis February 15, 2018February 18, 2020

Intercontinental ballistic missiles at a military parade celebrating the 70th founding anniversary of the Korean People's Army in Pyongyang. Photo: KCNA via Reuters

China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

Doubts hang over North Korean missile launchers’ vulnerabilities

by Peter J. Brown February 14, 2018February 18, 2020

A mannequin dressed in a soldier's uniform and holding a mock rifle is displayed outside a gate near the battle area of Mapandi in Marawi on the southern island of Mindanao on October 19, 2017. Photo: AFP/Ted Aljibe

AT Finance, Philippines, South Asia, World

Down and out in the ruins of Marawi

by Bong S Sarmiento February 9, 2018February 18, 2020

Part of North Korea's missile arsenal. Photo: AFP/North Korean Central News Agency

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Middle East, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria

North Korea, Myanmar in a sanctions-busting embrace

by Bertil Lintner February 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Thai soldiers (front) followed by a US Air Force soldier (C), a US Army soldier (C,R) a US Marine soldier and Thai soldiers (R, back) parade during the opening ceremony of Cobra Gold 2016 in Sattahip on February 9, 2016. Photo: AFP/Nicolas Asfouri

AT Finance, Australia, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, World

Pentagon steps up its diplomacy in Thailand

by Richard S Ehrlich February 8, 2018February 18, 2020