European Union's defence industrial strategy and its impacts on the Asia-Pacific region

Friday, August 23, 2024, 09:46 (GMT+7)
According to international analysts, the EU's Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS) aims to put the defence industry on a wartime footing by fostering cooperation in investment, research, development, production, procurement, and ownership among EU defence contractors. This marks a shift away from the EU's initial emergency responses to the Russia - Ukraine conflict and signifies a long-term commitment to bolstering the defence industry's readiness

The US - Japan - Korea alliance and its ambition to change the balance of forces in the region

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 19:35 (GMT+7)
According to researchers, if Japan and South Korea join the AUKUS, the add-on military power brought about by the two countries will make the alliance a new force capable of deterring many fields and may change the game in the Indo-Pacific region.

A brief of the US Cybersecurity Strategy

Saturday, March 30, 2024, 17:26 (GMT+7)
According to international researchers, President Joe Biden’s administration’s National Cybersecurity Strategy inherits elements from the Strategy of its predecessor government. However, there are several new adjustments, notably the addition of the “security” component, demonstrating the administration’s high priority on national security factors, equating cyberattacks with national security threats, and placing greater responsibility on technology businesses and corporations.

Top 10 defence, military events of the world in 2023

Friday, January 12, 2024, 08:37 (GMT+7)
The world continued to witness complex developments in 2023. While the Russia – Ukraine conflict intensified, new flashpoints arose from military coups, conflicts, local wars, and increasingly fierce strategic competition among major powers, making global security outlook further bleak. To illustrate that picture, the National Defence Journal has selected the top 10 defence, military events of the world in 2023.

Japan new security strategy and its impacts on regional security

Tuesday, May 23, 2023, 08:50 (GMT+7)
In order to safeguard its national security and interests, the Government of Japan has adopted a dual-pillar strategy: enhancing the independent and autonomous defence capabilities of its national self-defence forces and expanding defence and security cooperation with alliances and partners. To realise this strategy, besides the announcement of a new defence strategy with ambitious plans for the development of the self-defence forces, the Government of Japan also intensifies bilateral relations through the overseas visits of Prime Minister Kishida Fumio.

Top 10 international defence and military events in 2022

Friday, January 27, 2023, 09:12 (GMT+7)
In 2022, the world continued to witness a volatile panorama with dark and light colours interwoven. Strategic competition among major powers, local conflicts, boundary and territorial disputes, arms races, etc. happened in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic being controlled, yet its aftermaths still affect many countries.

Political and military shifts in the world 2022

Monday, December 19, 2022, 09:43 (GMT+7)
In 2022, the world witnessed many major military and political shifts. In which, the most significant development was the Russia – Ukraine conflict. According to Western political analysts and politicians, this war has become a powerful drive pushing the world towards a multipolar order, and according to Russian President Putin, the next decade will be the decade that marks the formation of the multipolar world order. This can be a painful and unstable process that potentially leads to further conflicts, but it is inevitable for a world of peace, stability and cooperation.

Key features of the new U.S defence strategy

Sunday, December 18, 2022, 11:56 (GMT+7)
The fact that the U.S Department of Defence officially announced the 2022 NDS after more than six months of delay showed the importance of this strategy as well as the efforts of President Joe Biden’s administration to send a message of deterrence to adversaries and to reassure its allies and partners about the role of the U.S in ensuring security in the context that it had to face challenges and difficulties, such as the mid-term election, natural disasters, epidemics, the military conflict in Ukraine, tensions in Taiwan Strait and the Korean Peninsula, etc.

A snapshot of the amendments to the U.S defence policies toward Indo-Pacific region

Thursday, June 23, 2022, 08:37 (GMT+7)
Indo-Pacific is given top priority by the U.S since this has been the most “dynamically developing” region with a fast-growing market across the globe, especially in the presence of the world’s leading economies.

Shifts in US defence and security strategies in Asia-Pacific region

Friday, November 19, 2021, 08:38 (GMT+7)
Some great powers’ policy shifts and non-traditional security issues in Asia-Pacific region have made a great impact on security and core interests of many nations, including the US recently. Therefore, Washington has had some shifts in its defence and security strategies in order to maintain its global leadership role