The poorly constructed Pokhara airport, which has engulfed Nepal in massive debt, illustrates the risks of importing China's infrastructure-at-any-cost model.
The Chinese army has begun its annual drills with an almost exclusive focus on boosting its presence and capabilities in the South China Sea and Taiwan...
While China couldn't thwart William Lai's presidential win, Xi could still use his rapidly modernizing army to realize his ultimate goal of "reunifying" Taiwan.
North Korea and Russia continue to trade arms in flagrant breach of UN resolutions, threatening regional security and raising weapons proliferation risks.
Restoring the power balance in Asia is key as the geographical pivot to the Indo-Pacific and Western Pacific is reframed around containing Chinese expansionism.
The PLA has been the CCP's bastion of political and ideological loyalty, but purges by Xi Jinping raise questions about how true this will be in...
Despite ongoing border negotiations, satellite images indicate that China is engaged in unsanctioned construction along the disputed border in northern Bhutan.
Chinese media criticism of Japan's defense budget is sadly ironic. It's the CCP's military expansion and unilateralism that pose the greatest challenge to Asia.
A pro-China president in the Maldives is the moment Beijing has been waiting for to consolidate its expanding strategic naval footprint in the Indian Ocean.
Climate change is the single greatest existential threat facing the Blue Pacific and the Indian Ocean, putting people and entire regional ecosystems at risk.
Backed by robust military stealth, Beijing is using the new laws as it tries to win favorable settlement terms in territorial disputes with its Asian neighbors.
As Middle East turmoil disrupts maritime commerce, Japan and India's security focus is expanding to the vital oil shipping routes through the Persian Gulf.