World Military Analysis
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Rocky road ahead for Australia's nuclear submarine development
At present, the trilateral cooperation on the research and manufacturing of nuclear submarines is in a very early stage and the technical and other details are not finalized yet. Although nuclear submarine has more advantages than conventional ones, it is just a good choice on the surface for Australia because once it enters the substantive stage, more difficulties will pop up and likely put a heavy burden on the country.
2021-09-27 16:15 -
Containing China not antidote to America's hegemonic anxiety
In recent years, the U.S. government has indulged in suppressing China, which ranges from illegal arrests of Chinese citizens and unwarranted oppression of Chinese enterprises to reckless interference in China's internal affairs and sinister attempts to form anti-China cliques.
2021-09-26 23:21 -
AUKUS nuclear submarine deal disputed
The US, the UK and Australia announced on September 15 to form a new military alliance called AUKUS, under which the US and the UK will provide Australia with nuclear submarine technology and help it form a nuclear submarine fleet as a demonstration of the alliance's early-stage cooperation. This means Canberra has unilaterally torn apart its USD 66billion (about RMB 438.9 billion) deal with France of 12 conventional submarines.
2021-09-24 17:12 -
Quad will only destabilize Asia-Pacific
That US President Joe Biden will host the first-ever in-person Quad (Quadrilateral security dialogue among the US, Japan, Australia, and India) summit at the White House on Friday suggests the previous loose security partnership could soon become a formal organization.
2021-09-24 12:50 -
U.S. abuse of drones in "war on terror" exposes hegemonic excess
The U.S. general called the bloodshed "a tragic mistake," but obviously that was merely the latest in a slew of such mistakes the United States has made over the past 20 years in its so-called "war on terror," which features massive innocent civilian casualties caused by its drones.
2021-09-21 00:23 -
Australia-U.S.-UK deal meets backlash from Europe amid nuclear proliferation worries
Australia's decision to break off a multi-billion U.S. dollar submarine contract with France inked in 2016 and turn to the United States and Britain for nuclear-powered alternatives has sparked an outcry from the European continent.
2021-09-19 22:27 -
How anti-terror Washington turns itself into terrorist
The Pentagon on Friday admitted the 10 victims including seven children in the Aug. 29 drone strike in Afghanistan were all innocent civilians, not what it claimed at first the Islamic State (IS) terrorists. It added fresh evidence that Washington itself is a terrible threat to regional security despite the slogan of "anti-terrorism."
2021-09-19 22:17 -
AUKUS to bring 'nuclear-powered submarine fever' across globe
US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison almost announced simultaneously on Wednesday that the three countries will form an enhanced trilateral security partnership called "AUKUS." This has been regarded as an effort of the US to build a new alliance against China.
2021-09-17 09:34 -
Being a staging post for US' strikes against Afghanistan is a bad choice for India
According to Indian media reports, the US is in touch with India about using it as a staging post for aerial strikes in Afghanistan, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations during a hearing on Monday.
2021-09-17 09:36 -
US is no longer exceptional, but it takes time to accept this fact
An admission of failure would, as Biden has found, not have gone down well with its people. America is a prisoner of a past that is in rapid retreat. No longer exceptional it is becoming a normal country. But it will take a very long time before it learns to accept that fact.
2021-09-10 09:03 -
Hype of 'new Quad' reflects India’s guilty conscience as an accomplice to threaten peace
India's concern about the new Quad actually reflects one fact: New Delhi itself is aware that the Quad will undermine the peace and stability in Asia. It has realized that its approach is not constructive, and thus, it is now scared of possible countermeasures in the future.
2021-09-07 09:35 -
US-Ukraine defense framework: a diplomatic show of Biden or a real milestone for Kiev?
During Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's visit to the US, the two countries' defense ministers signed the Strategic Defense Framework that "creates a foundation for the enhancement of US-Ukraine strategic defense and security cooperation," according to a White House statement on Wednesday. This is an important milestone for the US-Ukraine relationship, taking their security cooperation to the strategic partnership level.
2021-09-03 08:43 -
Japan's defense white paper for children instigates hatred
The Japanese government recently announced the creation of a white paper on defense for elementary and junior high school students, which continued its cliché of smearing and accusing China on its military development and the Diaoyu Island and South China Sea issues.
2021-09-02 17:41 -
Singing song of peace while wielding katana, what an irony
Japan has made frequent military moves recently, not only forming several new forces, increasing its defense budget by a large margin in the new fiscal year, but also stepping up the purchase and R&D of sophisticated weapons and equipment, in the undisguised endeavor to reinforce its combat forces and capabilities.
2021-08-28 10:22 -
An expeditionary force for EU? Easy to project, hard to realize
In a recent interview with French news agency AFP, the foreign policy chief of the EU Josep Borrell argued that what happens in Afghanistan now proves Europe the needs to develop a military capability independent of the US. He also promised to "propose to give the Union a 50,000-strong expeditionary force, capable of acting in circumstances like we're seeing in Afghanistan."
2021-08-27 13:03 -
'Afghan moment' a long-term heavy shadow over Western alliance system
As the leader of NATO allies in Afghanistan, the US military controlled the most important military and civilian resources. The US' chaos has made it difficult for allies to withdraw in an orderly manner as well. While mocking the US, many NATO allies have also criticized their own government.
2021-08-27 11:06 -
America is responsible for Afghanistan falling apart
The optics of Afghanistan's rapid collapse are powerful and reflect poorly on the U.S. itself. Far from still being seen as the unipolar hegemon than it was when it invaded two decades ago, the U.S. is now regarded as a rapidly declining, untrustworthy, corrupt and failed power.
2021-08-15 21:53 -
Chaos of the West's own making: A terrible legacy in Afghanistan
Undertaking any military action against another sovereign state is a grave and serious decision, one which should never be taken lightly. To begin with there is a moral question, one debated by philosophers for millennia. But even if we were to suppose that the moral case were overwhelming, morality alone would not be sufficient to justify Western actions.
2021-08-14 16:53 -
War and Peace in Afghanistan
The United States military withdrawal from Afghanistan is not an attempt to end the war but rather to maintain control of Afghanistan through a new strategy to keep China, Russia and Iran in check and to hinder Eurasian integration.
2021-08-11 09:36 -
The scorched circus of War on Terror wasn't worthwhile
With the Afghan government losing ground to the Taliban and provincial capitals starting to be contested, the former head of the U.S. army in Afghanistan says it would be "impossible to argue" that the War on Terror had been worthwhile.
2021-08-10 17:32 -
A warmongering country won't help create prosperity, security and values in Southeast Asia
From both the historical lens and the broader perspective of modern international relations, Southeast Asia has always been one of the key strategic fulcrums of advancing American national interest in the region. Now, the Biden administration is prioritizing strengthening America's ties with its Asian allies, a clear push at checking China.
2021-08-09 15:56 -
For US elites, Asian civilian casualties are acceptable collateral damage
The US has publicly expressed concern that the People's Republic of China (PRC) is modernizing its defensive strategic weapons capabilities. All the while, it is known in the public domain that Washington is always ready with an immeasurably more powerful arsenal of nuclear weapons.
2021-08-08 21:58 -
The Iraq quagmire should teach the U.S. a lesson
Washington seeks to end its mission in Iraq and, in the future, focus entirely on training and advising Iraqi security forces. The announcement also marks the end of an epochal geopolitical quagmire. While the chapter may be over for the West, Iraq will continue to deal with the fallout of the 2003 invasion.
2021-08-07 21:47 -
Challenges confront Iran's new president
Iran's new President Ebrahim Raisi took office on Thursday for a four-year period after his electoral victory in June, but confronts a challenging domestic and international scene.
2021-08-06 18:56 -
A look at Iran's foreign policy in new president's meetings ahead of inauguration ceremony
Iran's newly-elected President Ebrahim Raisi takes the oath before parliament on Thursday, with the new government's domestic and international agendas under spotlight.
2021-08-05 20:14 -
Why did US senior officials swarm to Asia?
Deep at heart, Washington doesn't want to see China develop and even surpass it, but at the same time, it is fully aware that China has become such a vital force in international affairs that many things cannot be accomplished without its participation. Therefore, "building a constructive and stable relationship" is just a ploy to promote America's own global strategy.
2021-08-02 17:29 -
American military's "integrated deterrence" hard to achieve expected effects
The US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin proposed the "integrated deterrence" strategy at the recent Global Emerging Technology Summit, claiming that the US needs massive innovation and investment in emerging technologies to maintain its technological superiority and cope with the so-called "major-country competition".
2021-08-02 16:40 -
US defeated by lies, again, in Afghan war
Lies, ego, hubris and self-deception: Experts are counting up the reasons for failure in the United States' two-decade war in Afghanistan. Calling it ill-fated from the beginning, they say the episode is comparable to the country's experience in Vietnam.
2021-08-01 17:05 -
UK's new South China Sea policy reeks of stale colonialism
In fact, the latest voyage of British aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth is not simply what London calls a crossing of South China Sea waters in accordance with international law, but is a carefully planned trick serving multiple purposes.
2021-07-29 10:08 -
"America first" is greatest harm to multilateralism
In the face of the increasing tension arising from the pandemic, instead of committing themselves to fight the pandemic in the US, some US politicians continue to play the old tricks of stigmatizing China over pandemic, labeling the virus with certain regions in China, and politicizing the COVID-19 origin-tracing.
2021-07-27 17:27 -
Lessons From Afghanistan
For the past two decades, the United States has been engaged in a “war against terrorism” in Afghanistan, starting in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks. Now it's leaving hastily and recklessly under the pretext of “great power competition.” Two decades on, the episode begs the question: Has America's strategic goal in Afghanistan been achieved? What are the lessons?
2021-07-27 15:10 -
US’s long overdrawn, ruined strategic credibility
No matter how spectacular its vision might be, the US is perpetually committed to the “America first” agenda, which translates to an already excessively overdrawn and broken strategic credibility.
2021-07-26 16:09 -
Why Washington intends to stir up Asia arms race?
By contrast, Washington wants to see China and US allies and partners engage in an arms race — it knows this will damage both Beijing and other Asian countries. But fortunately, US allies and partners will not be easily fooled. Although Washington sees China as its top competitor, its allies and partners do not regard China in the same way.
2021-07-22 10:37 -
U.S. leaves Afghanistan "nothing but trash"
Still surrounded by concrete walls and razor wire, the Bagram Airfield, also known as Bagram Airbase, had been home to the U.S. troops in Afghanistan in the past 20 years.
2021-07-11 22:05 -
Effects of NATO's Steadfast Defender 2021 exercise questioned
Since the conflict between Russia and Ukraine broke out, NATO has carried out exercises and training more frequently with a clear intention of deterring Moscow and rooting for Kyiv.The Steadfast Defender 2021 was intended for the same purpose but had generated the opposite results, as Russia announced to adjust and upgrade its military presence on the European border in response to threats from NATO.
2021-07-09 17:05 -
Focused on competition, US defense budget highlights high-tech equipment R&D
The Biden administration recently submitted its first fiscal year defense budget to Congress, totaling $752.9 billion. Its structural adjustment is to reduce overseas intervention and emergency military operations, increase innovative research and development efforts, and promote the transformation of the US military and the improvement of its combat effectiveness.
2021-07-08 21:32 -
International arms control amid major-country competition
As the international strategic landscape is being shaken up, traditional nuclear powers, such as the US and Russia, have shown changes in their perception and judgment of the deterrent effect of nuclear weapons in recent years. As a result, strategic offensive and defensive weapon systems represented by nuclear weapons become an important instrument in the toolbox of major-country strategic competition.
2021-07-08 17:22 -
Why Australia corners itself to the forefront of confrontation?
Australia in particular, the host country of both exercises, has been making aggressive remarks on Taiwan-related topics recently, and its Prime Minister Scott Morrison even announced shortly before that once war broke out in the Taiwan Strait, Canberra would fulfill its commitment to assisting the US and its Indo-Pacific allies. Why does Australia keep making war provocations?
2021-07-07 16:06 -
Afghanistan, testament to US mess-making
The security situation in Afghanistan has been worsening with each passing day since the United States commenced its troop withdrawal from the country on May 1. Yet, it seems the worst is still to come as the irresponsible US decision is leaving a huge security vacuum that plays right into the hands of the Taliban and other extremist actors.
2021-06-29 15:29 -
Europe still doesn't understand the benefits of active dialogue
It should be a blueprint for the EU on how to deal with Putin. Russia and Brussels will invariably pursue their own geopolitical interests. However, a dialogue must always be offered openly, and the past few years of empty, misguided sanctions are a testament to the latter.
2021-06-28 17:11