Officials in Tokyo released their Defense of Japan 2025 white paper this week with findings the international community is ...

While the United States remains the global leader in space capabilities, its ecosystem shows fragility. Emerging space powers ...

More defense spending is necessary but not enough. We also need cooperation on trade and technology.

Japan has warned of escalating military threats from China. The report highlights China's growing military activity near Japan’s southwestern coasts and the Pacific as a major strategic challenge.

The way to get a peace agreement is to change the battlefield.

DAVID SHIMER served on the National Security Council from 2021 to 2025, including as Director for Eastern Europe and Ukraine and Director for Russian Affairs, and is an Adjunct Senior Research Scholar ...

The Asia-Indo-Pacific is no longer a distant geopolitical theater. It is the central arena of strategic competition, ...

China is using “cultural development” to shape “an ideologically and psychologically friendly environment in North Korea.” ...

It’s worth noting the commitments of China and North Korea to Russia’ warmongering in Ukraine have overtones of the ...

North Korea appears unlikely to deliberately escalate tensions in the coming year as the regime will prioritize domestic development. However, its nuclear policy, burgeoning relations with Russia, and ...

This July 2025 issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists examines a number of similar potential flashpoints—around the world, in the skies above, and even in cyberspace—that, if activated, could ...