SEOUL, Jan 24 (Reuters) – North Korea’s flurry of new missile tests, including what it calls “hypersonic” weapons, has underscored the importance of the country’s missile engineers and scientists, a group that is high profile within his government but opaque … Read More
The EU has redacted the only nice thing it was planning to say about Russia from its landmark strategy paper. “Many common interests and a shared culture in fact link the EU and Russia. That is why the EU strategy … Read More
KEY POINTS —The head of Germany’s navy said China’s rapid naval buildup underlines a desire by leaders in Beijing to project strength. —Vice Adm. Kay-Achim Schonbach said China is increasing the size of its navy by the equivalent of the … Read More
Bruce Stokes is a visiting fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. January 20 marks the end of the first year of Joe Biden’s presidency, an administration that promised to respect and rebuild the transatlantic alliance after … Read More
On 1 January, Sweden launched its Psychological Defense Agency, which will work to identify, analyze and respond to inappropriate information influences and other information directed against Sweden or Swedish interests. It is part of the Swedish concept of “Total Defense.” … Read More
Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a New Year greeting to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced on Friday. The report was carried in Russia’s Tass News. “In that telegram he expressed great satisfaction with the development of … Read More
Gazprom, Russia’s giant state-owned energy company, is slated to finalize an agreement in 2022 for a second huge natural gas pipeline running from Siberia to China, marking yet another stage in what energy analysts and Western diplomats say is a … Read More
China on Monday announced to further lift its family planning policy to allow each couple to have up to three children after the number of the country’s newborns declined for four years straight, a major policy shift from the current … Read More
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned China that an invasion of Taiwan would incur incalculable costs as the senior Japanese politician and U.S. officials spoke up for the island democracy’s autonomy. “When there is a threat over Taiwan and … Read More
Taipei, Dec. 14 (Jiji Press)–Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday criticized China again over the country beefing up its military coercion against self-ruled Taiwan. “An adventure in military affairs, if pursued by such a huge economy like China’s, … Read More