Asia
Taiwan to Track Chinese Interference in 2024 Presidential Elections
The country anticipates an increase in Chinese misinformation and disinformation campaigns, believing that attempts to shape the election outcome via “forceful” methods, such...
Turkey Likely to Choose China to Build Major Nuclear Plant
China has a long record of using infrastructure projects as a way of gaining influence over other countries — typically poor ones that...
Read moreNorth Korea’s Kim to Meet With Putin: U.S. Intelligence
On September 4, The New York Times reported, citing sources within the U.S. intelligence community, that North Korean authoritarian leader Kim Jong-un intends...
Read moreNorth Korea Conducts “Simulated Tactical Nuclear Attack”
The country maintains it was a drill staged in response to a U.S.-South Korean military drill that Pyongyang regards as a dry-run for...
Read moreU.K. Wants Japan, South Korea to Join AUKUS to Counter China
In a report published August 30, Britain’s House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee suggested that Japan and South Korea be incorporated into the...
Read moreU.S. Approves First-ever Defense Aid for Taiwan Under Sovereign State Program
SINGAPORE — The United States has authorized financial aid for the first-ever transfer of U.S. military equipment to Taiwan under a program usually meant...
Read moreTop Japanese General: Japan Needs U.S. Nukes to Defend Itself
SINGAPORE — On August 29, General Yoshihide Yoshida, the chief of the Joint Staff for Japan’s Self-Defense Forces, contended in an interview to...
Read moreJapan Deploys Warplanes to Track Chinese Fighters Near Taiwan, China Tests New Coilgun
On August 25, Japan dispatched warplanes to monitor Chinese bombers and drones off Okinawa and Taiwan, according to Kyodo News reports quoting the...
Read moreTürkiye Remarks on Possible Military Intervention in Niger
SINGAPORE — Türkiye is deciding how it can contribute to restoring democratic order in Niger, where a military junta seized power in July...
Read moreChina Stages Military Drills Near Taiwan
On August 19, China conducted air and sea military exercises around Taiwan to issue a “stern warning” to “separatist forces” on the island,...
Read moreChristian Churches Vandalized, Homes Burned in Violent Muslim Reaction to Alleged Blasphemy in Pakistan
On Open Doors' World Watch List, Pakistan is listed as the seventh most dangerous place in the world to practice Christianity. ...
Read moreJapan, South Korea, U.S. Meet to Counter China, North Korea
On August 18, U.S. President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol made various pledges in a...
Read moreSingapore: U.S. “Extreme Competition” With China “Disastrous for Global Economy”
Singaporean Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong cautioned against the possibility of disaster for the global economy with implications way beyond the United States...
Read moreChina’s Xi Jinping Planning for War
The clouds of war continue to gather in the far east as Chinese communist dictator Xi Jinping continues to prepare to launch an...
Read moreIntercept: U.S. Told Pakistan to Remove Imran Khan Due to His Stance on Ukraine
On August 5, a Pakistani court meted out a three-year jail sentence to former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on the grounds of...
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