Shaping the defence and security policy of the US President Donald Trump's administration
Monday, March 10, 2025, 15:19 (GMT+7)
Although things are still unclear, the decisions that President Donald Trump will make in his new term, especially in the field of defence and security, will certainly have a great impact on the regional and world security structure.
10 Major Global Military and Defence Events of 2024
Thursday, January 09, 2025, 10:06 (GMT+7)
In 2024, the global landscape witnessed unprecedented complexity and unpredictability, marked by intensifying strategic competition among major powers and escalating military conflicts across various regions. These developments further destabilised an already volatile global security environment. To provide a comprehensive overview of the global security landscape, the National Defence Journal presents a roundup of the 10 most significant military and defence events
Great power competition in Indo-Pacific
Friday, August 16, 2024, 07:58 (GMT+7)
Overall assessment of great powers’ Indo-Pacific strategies reveals that despite their different expression, all great powers put the Indo-Pacific at the heart of global security and interests of each country. Accordingly, strategic competition among great powers in Indo-Pacific is a unique issue characterised by cooperation, deterrence, and containment.
Hamas - Israel conflict's multi-dimensional impacts on regional and international security
Friday, February 23, 2024, 09:45 (GMT+7)
According to analysts, the Hamas - Israel conflict not only causes instability in the region, but what is worrying is also that the conflict is deepening the division and hatred between Arabs, Muslims, and Jewish. This is also the core reason why the Middle East will still be the world’s “flash point”, and the peace process has not found a way out.
Global security viewed from the Munich Security Conference of 2022
Tuesday, April 12, 2022, 22:47 (GMT+7)
The Munich Security Conference is one of the world’s leading security forums debating international political issues on the balance of power in international relations and the consolidation of the global legal system and the world order. This year’s Conference welcomed the participation of more than 30 heads of states or governments, about 100 ministers and senior officials, and many experts in foreign, security, defence, and economic policies, including highest-ranking officials of important international organisations
Post-Islamic State Era terrorist threats
Wednesday, June 17, 2020, 07:22 (GMT+7)
Besides searching for new areas of operations, it has also changed its ways of recruitment, ways and means of conducting the attacks. While the attacks with guns, knives, transport vehicles and hot weapons are still carried out effectively, they have also begun to deploy low altitude missiles, tanks and amoured vehicles, or even drones for their attacks. Previous primary targets of attacks, e.g. airports, metro stations, now have been changed to crowds, such as: carnivals, cultural and artistic events which are prone to large casualties.
Top ten notable military events of the world in 2019
Friday, January 03, 2020, 08:34 (GMT+7)
The year 2019 marked the transitional period of the world order from “unipolarity” to “multipolarity,” both creating opportunities and posing challenges for small countries’ defence of independence and self-reliance. The following outstanding military events selected by the National Defence Journal will give us a basic description of the world scene in 2019
Aircraft carrier – an arm race among major powers
Monday, June 24, 2019, 11:10 (GMT+7)
Aircraft carriers are considered as “floating air bases” and represent important combat vehicles of navies, particularly of countries with strong military capability. Since its first operation 115 years ago with non-stop innovations, they have shown their outstanding strength and there have been a fierce competition in the development of this vehicle among military powers.
The US withdrawal from the INF and its impacts
Sunday, February 10, 2019, 13:37 (GMT+7)
On October 20th 2018, US President stated that the U.S. would withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) signed by this country and the Soviet Union in 1987. The reasons for this decision and its impacts on the world’s security have attracted great attention from the public
Russia-US Summit 2018 – outcomes and outlook
Saturday, September 29, 2018, 07:11 (GMT+7)
The Summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin took place in Helsinki (Finland) in July 2018. The Summit referred to the issues related to the interests of each nation and the world’s security and politics as well as started a new trend in the relations between the two sides