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Overview of the global political and military landscape in 2025

Overview of the global political and military landscape in 2025

Wednesday, December 31, 2025, 14:15 (GMT+7)
The most prominent features of the global political and military landscape in 2025 are the irreversible trend towards multipolarity of the world order and intense competition among major powers. Besides, worrying developments from the conflicts of Russia-Ukraine, Israel-Iran, India-Pakistan, etc., and the risk of US military intervention in Venezuela are posing significant challenges to global security and stability.

On assurance of communications for deception, posture creation, and manoeuvre in the deployment of forces to counter enemy airborne landings in strategic defensive operations

On assurance of communications for deception, posture creation, and manoeuvre in the deployment of forces to counter enemy airborne landings in strategic defensive operations

Friday, December 26, 2025, 20:07 (GMT+7)
As the “lifeblood” of the battlefield, communications assurance in operations to counter strategic airborne landings in general, and in deception, posture creation, and manoeuvring deployment of forces in particular, plays a decisive role in all battlefield activities and in determining combat outcomes.

Centre for Standards - Metrology - Quality of the Air Defence - Air Force improves the capacity to maintain and transmit standards

Centre for Standards - Metrology - Quality of the Air Defence - Air Force improves the capacity to maintain and transmit standards

Friday, December 26, 2025, 13:14 (GMT+7)
Fully aware of the honour, responsibility and importance of their assigned tasks, officers and soldiers of the Centre for Standards - Metrology - Quality of the Air Defence and Air Force continue to stay united, overcome difficulties, and excellently complete the task of maintaining and transmitting standards, contributing to building the Service revolutionary, regular, elite, and modern, firmly protecting the Fatherland's airspace in the new situation.

Promoting contests and competitions – a breakthrough to improve the combat power in Regiment 213

Promoting contests and competitions – a breakthrough to improve the combat power in Regiment 213

Monday, December 15, 2025, 13:20 (GMT+7)
Clearly understanding such significance and importance, Regiment 213 of the Air Defence Division 363 has chosen contests and competitions as the breakthrough to make a steady change in their training and in the building of all strong, “exemplary, typical” units, continuously improving overall quality and combat power, firmly managing and safeguarding the Fatherland’s airspace in all situations.

Division 377 maintains combat readiness to protect the Fatherland’s airspace

Division 377 maintains combat readiness to protect the Fatherland’s airspace

Monday, December 08, 2025, 20:54 (GMT+7)
Adhering to its functions and tasks in the new situation, Air Defence Division 377, under the Air Defence - Air Force Service, has adopted synchronised solutions to improve its combat readiness capacity as the basis for firmly protecting the Fatherland’s airspace over South Central Coast, Central Highlands, and Truong Sa special zone

Strategic competition among major powers in the Asia-Pacific region and implications for ASEAN

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

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

Prospects and implications of "Golden Dome" missile defence system

Prospects and implications of “Golden Dome” missile defence system

Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 20:28 (GMT+7)
History has also shown that the expansion of strategic weapon systems by great powers during the Cold War ultimately resulted in arms control treaties aimed at managing and reducing such arsenals. Therefore, the prospects and implications of the Golden Dome for both the regional and global security landscape remain issues that warrant close and continued observation.

Institute of Military Science and Technology accelerates research and development

Institute of Military Science and Technology accelerates research and development

Friday, October 17, 2025, 07:54 (GMT+7)
Proudly receiving the Second-class Military Exploit Order on the occasion of its 65th anniversary, the officers, engineers, and soldiers of the Institute of Military Science and Technology pledge to unite, overcome challenges, and continue reform to build a strong, specialised, and multidisciplinary scientific organisation capable of fulfilling its missions in the new era and forever worthy of the honourable title Hero of the People’s Armed Forces.

Building Naval Region 4 into a revolutionary, regular, elite, and modern force

Building Naval Region 4 into a revolutionary, regular, elite, and modern force

Friday, October 10, 2025, 14:40 (GMT+7)
Promoting its proud tradition as a Heroic People’s Armed Forces Unit, the officers and sailors of Naval Region 4 remain united, resilient, and determined to overcome all difficulties and hardships. They will continue to uphold their noble spirit and persist in building the Region into a revolutionary, regular, elite, and modern force, firmly defending the sacred maritime sovereignty of the Fatherland.

Ten major global military and defence events in 2025
In 2025, the world continued to witness intense strategic competition among major powers, an increasing tendency to address issues through escalation and the use of force, along with prolonged and expanding military conflicts in many regions. Nevertheless, peace, cooperation, and development remain the major trends and shared goals. To provide a comprehensive overview, the National Defence Journal compiles and presents ten major military and defence events worldwide in 2025