Tensions between the Philippines and China are on the rise over the disputed waters of the South China Sea. Manila has accused Beijing of sending a "maritime militia" near Whitson Reef, a feature about 175 miles west of the Philippine province of Palawan, although...
On April 5 Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, announced that plans by the U.S. and its allies in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region to station land-based intermediate-range missiles posed a potential first-strike threat to Russia. One that...
The US will not consider ‘unilateral’ gestures
Biden refuses to disclose details on support for the war in Yemen
India and its Quad partners are drilling with France in the Bay of Bengal
Afghan President Details Plan Heading Into Key Peace Talks | Long opposed, Ghani’s plan now hints at interim government
Israel Finds US Interest in Saving Iran Nuclear Deal ‘Very Troubling’ | Israeli officials uncomfortable with lack of vague allegations against Iran
Iran Calls for Immediate, Full Sanction Relief | Officials won’t cut enrichment for ‘step-by-step’ measures
Numerous statements by Ukrainian and Russian officials reported this Easter Sunday bode ill for hopes of diminishing tensions in Eastern Ukraine. Growing indications of impending intervention by the Pentagon and NATO make the situation yet more grim. U.S. European...
For well over a decade the White House, the State Department, the Defense Department and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization have been jointly preparing Georgia and Ukraine for NATO membership. Throughout that process one of the main architects and executors of the...
