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Tag: South China Sea

Trump Doubles Down on Biden-Era Policy of Missiles in the Philippines
Foreign Policy

Trump Doubles Down on Biden-Era Policy of Missiles in the Philippines

March 31, 2025

In his first major trip to Asia since taking the role as civilian leader of the US military, Sect.…

Japanese Defense Strategy Paper Is ‘Tensest’ in History, Shedding All Language of Diplomacy
Foreign Policy

Japanese Defense Strategy Paper Is ‘Tensest’ in History, Shedding All Language of Diplomacy

July 23, 2024

Japan’s ongoing military defense buildup accelerated, at least rhetorically, in line with the recent release of a national defense…

Philippines Witnesses the Failure of Arms Control as Once-Prohibited Missiles Arrive on Luzon
Foreign Policy

Philippines Witnesses the Failure of Arms Control as Once-Prohibited Missiles Arrive on Luzon

April 18, 2024April 18, 2024

Beijing is likely to further militarize its positions in the South China Sea after a once-prohibited missile system’s “surprise”…

03/25 End of the Empire: Hong Kong Back Behind the Bamboo Curtain
End of the Empire

03/25 End of the Empire: Hong Kong Back Behind the Bamboo Curtain

March 25, 2024

End of the Empire is a once-monthly feature on all news relating to the transition from the unipolar world…

Number of Pentagon Bases in the Philippines Increased Under Outcry Against US Push to War
ArchivesForeign Policy

Number of Pentagon Bases in the Philippines Increased Under Outcry Against US Push to War

February 6, 2023July 12, 2023

Under a renegotiation of an agreement known as the 2014 Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), the US has been…

Pentagon Set for a Return to the Philippines’ Subic Bay Military Base in China Ramp-Up
ArchivesForeign Policy

Pentagon Set for a Return to the Philippines’ Subic Bay Military Base in China Ramp-Up

November 25, 2022January 24, 2024

On Thursday, Kyodo News reported that 30 years to the day of the US closing her largest overseas military…

Why After 37 Years Does America Now Strongly Believe in Cooperation with Pacific Islands?
ArchivesForeign Policy

Why After 37 Years Does America Now Strongly Believe in Cooperation with Pacific Islands?

April 20, 2022July 12, 2023

The State Department announced on Monday that Indo-Pacific Coordinator Kurt Campbell, the Biden Administration’s top man for Asian affairs,…

Apathetic Taiwanese Military Unready and Unwilling to Defend Against China
ArchivesForeign Policy

Apathetic Taiwanese Military Unready and Unwilling to Defend Against China

October 28, 2021August 7, 2024

Story at a glance… Calls for Taiwan attendance at the UN increase tensions between the US and China. Despite…

Foreign Policy

CIA to Create “China Mission Center” to Coordinate Efforts of an Increasingly Hostile U.S.

October 8, 2021

LANGLY, Virginia. October 7th, 2021. In a statement, CIA Director William Burns announced the CIA would form a China…

Foreign Policy

‘America is Back’ Is Equal To or Greater than ‘Make America Great Again’

March 31, 2021

WASHINGTON D.C., March 30th, 2021. In the span of two days, any credibility that the United States will commit…


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