Defence and security developments in Northeast Asia and their implications for the Asia-Pacific region
Friday, June 12, 2026, 10:14 (GMT+7)
Northeast Asia is a region of global strategic importance, home to several potential security flashpoints in Asia, including the Korean Peninsula, the East China Sea, and the Taiwan Strait. Amidst intensifying strategic competition among major powers, defence and security developments in Northeast Asia are not only reshaping the regional balance of power but also exerting profound impacts on the peace, stability, and security architecture of the Asia-Pacific region
Quang Ninh integrates economic development with national defence, security, and diplomacy in accordance with the Resolution of the 14th National Party Congress
Tuesday, April 14, 2026, 06:23 (GMT+7)
Upholding the tradition of “discipline and solidarity,” the spirit of self-reliance and the creative labour ethos of the heroic mining working class, Quang Ninh is determined to make strong breakthroughs, affirming its role as one of the country’s key economic growth poles and a solid defensive stronghold on the north-eastern frontline of the Fatherland, together with the whole country firmly advancing into a new era of development.
Strategic competition among major powers in the Asia-Pacific region and implications for ASEAN
Monday, November 24, 2025, 15:14 (GMT+7)
According to international observers, the formation of the US-led sub-multilateral security mechanisms QUAD, AUKUS, and other "trilateral, quadrilateral" security cooperation mechanisms can increase the risk of US-China confrontation and affect ASEAN's centrality in the regional security structure as shown through ARF, ADMM, ADMM+, etc. The risk of "securitising" cooperation areas will increase with the increasing momentum of strategic competition between major powers.
An overview of Japan’s defence equipment modernisation trends
Monday, October 27, 2025, 16:17 (GMT+7)
Amid growing complexities in the global and regional security environment, Japan has been accelerating the modernisation of Japan Self-Defence Forces (JSDF) through a series of crucial steps. With the adoption of new national security and defence strategies, along with a significant increase in defence investment, Japan’s defence equipment modernisation is reshaping the regional military balance, which has drawn considerable attention from military analysts
The global trend of peace, cooperation, and development in the new context
Monday, September 22, 2025, 19:23 (GMT+7)
Humanity has not witnessed another global war since World War II ended 80 years ago. However, the recent growing tendency among countries to use force to resolve disputes and disagreements has raised doubts about world peace. What is the essence of this issue? This article aims to provide an additional perspective
Arctic in the new vortex of strategic competition
Thursday, August 07, 2025, 19:24 (GMT+7)
International public opinion believes that, with what has been and is happening, the Arctic is no longer a cold land outside the geopolitical and geo-economic calculations of countries in and outside the region, but has become the focus of new strategic competition among superpowers. However, international public opinion also hopes that this competition will not adversely affect world and regional security and peace.
The trend of military build-up in Asia - Pacific region
Monday, November 25, 2024, 16:07 (GMT+7)
For many years, especially since the outbreak of Russia - Ukraine conflict in 2022, the trend of military build-up has intensified all over the world, including the Asia - Pacific region. Although it has yet to reach the level of an arms race, this trend has been impacting various aspects of global and regional security and development
Shifts in India’s military strategic vision
Friday, November 15, 2024, 07:52 (GMT+7)
The increasing frequency of joint military drills, high-level exchanges, and bilateral defence agreements is reshaping India’s status as a rising power in the Eastern Hemisphere. This aligns with the Modi government’s overarching goal of positioning India as a formidable global player in the years to come.
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
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.