Taiwan’s Defense Ministry says an unusually large number of Chinese military ships, planes and drones entered airspace and ...
Less than 100 miles from Taipei, Japan's westernmost island, Yonaguni, has rapidly militarized amid growing tensions between ...
Pacific nation Kiribati says it is exploring a deep-sea mining partnership with China, dangling access to a vast patch of ...
The Philippines is exploring the possibility of converting two islands that were once part of a U.S. navy base into a ...
The Philippines is considering converting former U.S. navy base islands into military reservations to enhance its presence in the South China Sea. Grande and Chiquita islands, once part of the Subic ...
Indonesia's parliament is set to sign an agreement to formalise maritime boundaries with Vietnam next month Indonesia and ...
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A “Sputnik Moment” in Deep Sea Mining
China’s deep-sea mining deal with the Cook Islands risks leaving the United States behind in critical minerals essential for energy, defense, and tech.
The involvement of an extra-regional great power in a small power’s territorial disputes with China may prove ...
China launches such missions on a daily basis in hopes of wearing down Taiwanese defenses and morale, although the vast majority of the island’s ... in the South China Sea to the south that ...
Japan is enhancing its standoff defense capabilities to eliminate any enemy forces at a distance and at an early stage.