The Japanese Self-Defense Forces and the US military are currently conducting an eight-day-long joint command post computer-simulated exercise codenamed "Keen Edge." Despite Japan's earlier claims that the exercise "does not suppose any specific area or country," the Japanese news agency Kyodo News, citing "government sources," reported on January...More

In many countries, a growing trend to push for the withdrawal of stationed foreign troops from their territories can be observed in recent years. For instance, the South Asian island nation of the Maldives is ordering Indian troops out of its territory. This appears to be the beginning...More

Editor's Note: For Olivier Bancoult (Bancoult), no road leads home. Bancoult is from Chagos, a small archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean, formally known as the British Indian Ocean Territory. Bancoult lived in Diego Garcia, the largest island of the Chagos Archipelago. More than 50 years...More

The US finds itself sponsoring two conflicts that are at the center of global attention. In Ukraine, the US leads its European allies in supplying weapons, ammunition and economic assistance to the Ukrainian government against Russian forces. And now, in the Middle East, the US is the primary...More

US President Joe Biden warned on Tuesday against any country or organization thinking of taking advantage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, while indicating that the US is surging additional military assistance, including ammunition and interceptors, to Israel. Also on Tuesday, the first plane carrying American ammunition for Israel's strikes...More

The US military is considered the most trusted institution in America by the American people. It is more trusted than the media, big American businesses, the criminal justice system, and even the elected representatives that make up the US Congress. Despite this fact, trust in the US military...More

With the pullout of US troops from Afghanistan, Pentagon officials are making last-minutes efforts to pursue basing options with Afghanistan's neighbors for future operations. Washington continues to focus on Pakistan for establishing a military base in the region, despite the fact that some American officials believe the negotiations...More

In April, Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani wrote an article in Foreign Affairs magazine, and gave an interview to Der Spiegel to articulate his vision and framework for the peace process of Afghanistan. It is a critical time that we all come together and work for it, since...More

China has been prepared for a "final act of the madness" from the Trump administration and its staged hysteria on China-related issues, as it is highly likely that the incumbent US president will take much more extreme measures on issues such as the South China Sea, the island...More

Forbes reported on Sunday that the US military probably has enough fighter jets to win a war against China in the Western-Pacific region, but it doesn't have enough bases there. The report suggested that the US army could "borrow" bases from China by "dropping paratroopers or landing Marines"...More

US top Navy officers now want their aircraft carrier captain Brett Crozier back in his position after he urged the protection for his navy crew members by whistleblowing the virus via a fraught letter to US Navy leadership. Crozier should be restored to command of the Theodore Roosevelt,...More