World Military Analysis
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U.S.-Russia security talks to start in Geneva amid tensions
The talks are expected to focus on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the rising tensions in Ukraine. Such issues as arms control, cybersecurity and climate change may also be raised. While calling the dialogue a positive signal to improve frayed U.S.-Russia relations, experts are cautious about its outcomes.
2022-01-10 11:58 -
Top international hotspots in 2021
The past year of 2021 has witnessed COVID-19 rampaging across the world, changes never seen in a century evolving in acceleration, and the world entering a period of instability and reform. Today let’s take a look back at the major hotspots that will exert far-reaching impacts on the international situation.
2022-01-03 22:16 -
EU's strategic independence still in a distance
What the US has done in the past year, from tapping the leaders of European allies to pulling troops out of Afghanistan without prior notice to stealing Australia's nuclear submarine contract from France, has increasingly made the EU realize its lack of strategic independence. But can it become strategically independent?
2021-12-27 16:15 -
Kishida's protest against lax US military COVID testing only panders to domestic audience
In terms of Kishida's response, "his anger and protest are primarily a show put up to the domestic public, in an attempt to appease their discontent and anxiety," Yang Xiyu, a senior research fellow at the China Institute of International Studies in Beijing, told the Global Times, "But Kishida should be clearly aware that such protest cannot fundamentally change the inequalities between Tokyo and Washington."
2021-12-26 20:10 -
US still stalling reviving of Iran deal
Some recent developments on the geopolitical front in the Middle East have also indicated that tension and acrimony between the contestant parties to the Iran deal, instead of showing signs of abating, remain acute. Since the Israeli government is firmly opposed to the talks, it is to be hoped that the common strategy and outlook of the US and Israel does not become another obstacle to reviving the deal.
2021-12-25 17:22 -
ROK, US at odds again on wartime OPCON transition issue
Lately, the ROK and US' different positions on the time of the assessment drill on the Full Operational Capability (FOC) needed for the transition of wartime Operational Control (OPCON) reflected subtle divergences between the two sides.
2021-12-24 17:32 -
Why Russia withdraws from Treaty on Open Skies?
The exit by the US and Russia from the Treaty on Open Skies exerts the greatest impacts on European countries as the treaty is not only a measure to build trust and reduce the risk of conflicts, but also a symbol of building a new Europe through intensified cooperation. Therefore, what America's act of "tearing up treaties and pulling out of organizations" hurts first and most is the confidence in the security of NATO's European members.
2021-12-23 16:39 -
To the U.S., collateral damage is part of war games
The callousness of the American war machine was revealed over the weekend by an exposé published in the New York Times (NYT) showing Pentagon admitted that the Defense Department had "drastically undercounted" civilian deaths over the years, and that the U.S. air war in the Middle East was marked by "deeply flawed intelligence."
2021-12-23 16:25 -
America's War on Terror breeds domestic terrorism
To tackle terrorist groups overseas, the U.S. has launched regional wars over the past 20 years, including attacks on Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and Yemen. This has incurred huge losses to both local and American troops. The latest research from Brown University shows that the 20-year war in Afghanistan cost $2.3 trillion. That is equivalent to the spending of $6,949 per American citizen.
2021-12-22 00:54 -
Russia takes initiative to break security deadlock
Despite the vastly different positions of the various parties, Moscow still took the initiative to break the security deadlock with NATO. Once they sit down at the negotiating table, there is still a chance of reaching a compromise, and the security guarantee agreement, if agreed on, will exert great impacts on the European and global situation.
2021-12-21 16:59 -
US-Japan alliance regional destabilizer
Given Japan's enthusiasm for its Self-Defense Forces to participate in US-led military drills in the region and reports that a missile base on Ishigaki Island has begun to take shape, Washington should remain mindful of Beijing's redline when playing its games with Tokyo and the island's secessionists, and not allow itself to get carried away.
2021-12-21 23:51 -
Nature of Japan's nuclear policy
Now Japan is technically capable of manufacturing nuclear weapons, but whether it will get down that path will depend on whether the US-Japan alliance can guarantee its security and whether America's "nuclear protection" is reliable enough. If Japan doesn't think so, it would revise the constitution and arm itself with nuclear weapons on the excuse of security.
2021-12-20 17:57 -
World should hold US to account for civilian deaths
When the US brags about the so-called democracy and human rights, not many have paid attention to those innocent lives who died under the missiles of the US military, and their family members have nowhere to appeal their grievances. This is one of the greatest injustices in the world today. Anyone and any organizations with a conscience are qualified to issue a just call for accountability to the US for the innocent civilians who died from US missiles.
2021-12-20 23:00 -
Will fabricating external threats save America?
Washington has not drawn any lessons from the homeland security, financial and pandemic management crises that struck America during the first two decades of the 21st century. Rather than tackling its own long-standing problems, it repeatedly, stupidly and maliciously manipulates the media to fabricate external threats and brandishes a military stick to threaten other countries.
2021-12-19 16:10 -
Open Skies Treaty collapse closes another channel for Russia-West cooperation
The ongoing acrimony between Russia and the U.S. with its NATO allies preparing for Moscow's alleged invasion of Ukraine in early January does nothing more than bring already frayed ties to record lows and threaten the region – if not the whole world – with a new military confrontation. In such a situation, any channel of communication is extremely valued since it could reduce the level of mutual suspicion.
2021-12-19 15:07 -
Abe's right-wing adventurism at work again
A warning to Abe is that today's China is no longer what it was when Kishi Nobusuke was still around. The Chinese government and Chinese people have adamant resolve and will to safeguard national sovereignty, security, and reunification. The Taiwan question is China's internal affair.
2021-12-16 17:40 -
Ukraine crisis, neither US nor Russia affords to lose
The root cause why the dispute between the US and Russia is hard to solve on the Ukraine issue is that there is no reasonable position or space in the US-led European security architecture matching up to Russia's strength and status. Whether Europe can achieve unity, integrity and lasting peace, lies in whether NATO’s further eastward expansion could cease, and whether Ukraine can stay permanently neutral.
2021-12-16 16:57 -
New National Defense Authorization Act reveals US's three strategic intentions
It's foreseeable that the US military will continue to fortify the military cooperation with allies and partners in the Asia Pacific and Europe, and move faster to put up the deterrence and suppression system and containment network against potential rivals.
2021-12-15 17:33 -
Lobbying in Southeast Asia exposes US strategic selfishness
No matter how sounding Washington's diplomatic rhetoric is, its fundamental purpose in strengthening the engagement with Southeast Asia is for countries in the region to arm themselves at their own expenses and join its anti-China "regiment".
2021-12-14 17:11 -
Why has the U.S. been fighting for 228 of the last 245 years?
The United States has always regarded itself as an exceptional nation – and an example for others to follow.
2021-12-16 20:57 -
US and its allies are to blame for global democracy backslides
As US global hegemony continues its inevitable decline, this is naturally leading to the expansion of political rights across the Global South. It means that US influence has been the thing actually holding back democracy for the majority of the global population.
2021-11-27 16:11 -
How Australia is pushed to a belligerent path
Australia was seemingly a land of peace in the South Pacific. But it has gone further down the belligerent path. Its change of attitude toward China was accordingly rapid in the past few years.
2021-11-27 16:12 -
End-of-war declaration for Korean Peninsula should be more than symbolic
Should the end-of-war declaration be signed by leaders of three parties or four? I believe, in terms of both international law and common sense, it should be the four parties – DPRK, China, the US and ROK – negotiating the termination of the Korean Armistice Agreement and jointly pushing for the signing of a new peace agreement on the Korean Peninsula.
2021-11-16 22:08 -
Prospect of India’s military reform remains dim
The Indian military has been quite busy recently, from commissioning the Rafale fighters to test-firing the Agni-V ballistic missile…, which Indian media described as the achievements of the country's latest military reform. However, the Indian military's reform toward streamlined, theater-based and information-based armed forces might still face a host of obstacles.
2021-11-15 18:29 -
US military's perverted notion of self-defense: China Daily editorial
The US Central Command on Sunday said that an airstrike that killed civilians in Syria was "legitimate self-defense".
2021-11-15 23:46 -
Japan's purchase of transport vessels ill-intended
Both the recent budget request by JGSDF and the various moves made by JSDF in recent years point to Japan's enthusiasm for developing amphibious combat forces. Its ill intentions behind such moves are likely to jeopardize regional security and stability, and are worth close attention and high alert from the international community.
2021-11-11 17:15 -
Biden following Trump's playbook on China
Since taking office, US President Joe Biden, though previously claiming he disagreed with his predecessor's approach to China, has actually stayed in lockstep with Donald Trump in this regard.
2021-11-12 23:27 -
Longest US war a nightmare for the Afghan people
According to the mid-year report released by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, civilian casualties have escalated and fighting intensified since May, when the US and its NATO allies officially began their military withdrawal. In the first half of 2021, the report says, nearly 1,659 people were killed and 3,540 wounded in the war in Afghanistan, an increase of 47 percent year-on-year.
2021-10-27 09:40 -
Europe should avoid being drawn into the U.S.' cold war on China
Instead of accepting this U.S. cold war agenda, Europe should cooperate with China and the rest of the world to tackle the real threats and problems facing humanity. Pursuing a new cold war against China is both a distraction and a serious obstacle to the genuine global cooperation urgently needed to end the pandemic, boost economic recovery and stop climate change.
2021-10-18 10:44 -
Japan attempts to shelve Constitution through military cooperation
Many signs indicate that Tokyo is trying hard to use the so-called "free and open Indo-Pacific" as an excuse to break through the limitations on it and play a bigger role in regional military and security affairs. Forming a quasi-military and security alliance with certain countries is an important way to achieve that goal.
2021-10-15 17:55 -
Carrier group cannot prop up Britain's strategic ambitions
Cementing the special relationship with the US is the strategy Britain has set for itself to realize its ambition to become a "global Britain" in the post-Brexit age. However, no matter what show the HMS Queen Elizabeth carrier strike group will put on in the coming days, the country's position as a footman was determined even before the group set sail.
2021-10-14 18:09 -
Is the U.S. too far behind in bringing peace and stability to Afghanistan?
Right now it is fair to say that the Russians are doing something the Taliban wants (meetings next week) and the Chinese, along with other nations, are doing what the Afghan people need (providing emergency aid). Meanwhile, the Americans are doing two things detrimental to stabilizing Afghanistan (insisting on counter-terrorism efforts and holding onto $10 billion).
2021-10-13 22:58 -
India's arrogance will hurt itself
New Delhi aims to obtain greater geopolitical benefits and the policymakers believe that only by developing relations with the US and joining the "Indo-Pacific" camp can they have arm-wrestling with China. The Quad mechanism that has become more military-oriented has given India greater self-confidence, who has become increasingly arrogant.
2021-10-13 17:51 -
AUKUS seriously disrupts Asian-Pacific order
The US, UK and Australia recently signed an agreement to form an alliance named AUKUS, whereby the US and UK will help Australia build nuclear submarines. But other than this, which analysts described as the most eye-catching point of the alliance, tactical cooperation between the US and Australia will also exert great impacts on the military balance in the Asian-Pacific region.
2021-10-13 17:17 -
America's military biological activities must be addressed, now!
China and Russia issued a foreign ministers' Joint Statement on Strengthening the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction (BWC) on October 7. The statement stressed China and Russia's firm resolve to defend the convention and expressed serious concerns about America's military biological activities.
2021-10-09 16:54 -
The U.S.' nuclear sub accident in the South China Sea is significant
The U.S. Navy revealed that one of its nuclear submarines recently collided with an unknown object while secretly traveling through the South China Sea (SCS). This accident is significant since it speaks to the regional dangers of the U.S.' saber-rattling in the region, in light of its newfound trilateral military alliance with Australia and the UK, (AUKUS).
2021-10-09 19:36 -
US should be held accountable for its crime in Afghanistan
As the world is going through profound changes never seen in a century, American politicians' obsession with force and their forceful export of American-style democracy are doomed to fail.Now the Afghan people are suffering in hell that was created by the US, but politicians in Washington are busy calculating their own gains and losses and racking their brains to shift the blame somewhere else.
2021-10-08 17:12 -
US double standard hinders anti-terror fight
Removing the notorious organization from its list of terrorist organizations may serve Washington's purpose of continuing to create trouble for Beijing. But by condoning acts of terror, the US may suffer greater losses in the long run.
2021-10-08 14:52 -
Japan's de facto aircraft carrier since WWII raises security concern in region
By having F-35B stealth fighter jets successfully flying from a modified helicopter destroyer in a recent test, Japan now in de facto has an aircraft carrier in its arsenal, the first since the country brought disaster to the world in World War II, was defeated and vowed not to have aggressive weapons.
2021-10-07 22:21 -
Why Iran launches military drill in NW borders?
Iran's Army Ground Forces (AGF) launched military maneuvers on Friday morning in northwestern areas bordering Azerbaijan and Armenia, state TV reported.
2021-10-02 23:12