A new report from one of Australia's leading defense think tanks argues that China may not need to force its way through the Western-designed security cordon in the Western Pacific......
Japan's parliament voted in late June to rename the Air Self-Defense Force the "Air and Space Self-Defense Force" before the close of the current fiscal year in March 2027. The cha......
China's coast guard vessels are now patrolling waters far east of Taiwan — beyond even the "ten-dash line" Beijing drew on its own 2023 standard map — and analysts say the operatio......
As tensions across East Asia continue to rise, China's People's Liberation Army Navy fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile into the Pacific on July 6 — a test that breached ......
At 12:01 p.m. on July 6, a People's Liberation Army Navy nuclear-powered submarine fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile carrying a simulated warhead into the South Pacific ......
On June 27, Chinese and Russian air forces carried out their 11th Joint Air Strategic Patrol, sending more than 15 aircraft across the Sea of Japan, the East China Sea and the west......
Throughout June, Chinese coast guard vessels pushed into Japanese and Philippine waters on three separate fronts east and southeast of Taiwan, escorting government research ships a......
Taiwan's military has covertly established a cross-border data backup infrastructure in Japan — a move designed to preserve critical command, communications, and operational data i......
For decades, the question of whether the United States would intervene militarily to defend Taiwan against a People's Liberation Army assault has been one of Asia's most fiercely c......
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te delivered a pre-recorded video address Thursday to the inaugural Shinzo Abe and Modern Japan International Research Forum in Tokyo, paying tribute to ......
A passenger ferry operated by Shosen Yaeyama — the Yaeyamamaru (八重山丸) — completed its inaugural voyage last week, connecting Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, to Keelun......
As Donald Trump and Xi Jinping meet on Wednesday, May 14, Taiwan's national security establishment is pushing back against what officials describe as a dangerously distorted narrat......
PLA Military Activity Around Taiwan: Patterns Behind the ExercisesTaiwan's Ministry of National Defense reported at 9:27 a.m. on May 4 that only two People's Liberation Army (PLA) ......
Japan's Self-Defense Forces joined Monday's annual U.S.-Philippines Balikatan exercises as full combat participants for the first time, deploying ground, maritime, and air units to......
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS), a Washington-based think tank, last month recommended that Taiwan establish a four-layer "maritime hellscape" defense zone extending ......
On his first overseas tour as U.S. under secretary of defense for policy, Elbridge Colby used visits to Japan and South Korea to outline what officials describe as a doctrine of “f......
Recent defense budget discussions and the contested NTD$1.25 trillion special defense budget have drawn sustained attention, with the special budget remaining stalled amid cross-pa......
China conducted live-fire military exercises in the Taiwan Strait throughout the day of December 30. In response, Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te stated on social media that he h......
