The Trump administration and Pentagon have taken multiple steps in recent days to strengthen Washington’s military-strategic alliance with India. These moves are manifestly aimed at encouraging India to hold fast to its hardline stance in the current dispute with China over control of the Doklam Plateau—a ridge in the Himalayan foothills that both China and…
It doesn’t inspire confidence that the US Navy manages to crash another of its top-notch warships – on the same day that it launches military drills off Korea; drills which could spark an accidental nuclear war. If the US Navy can’t control its own vessels in normal civilian maritime situations, what does that say about the competence,…
Some Chinese troops suffered injuries from Indian troops’ fierce action in the western part of the border area, the Chinese Foreign Ministry confirmed Monday. This came after a video showing border troops from the two countries pushing and throwing stones at one another near Pangong Lake. Last Tuesday, Indian border troops obstructed Chinese border troops,…
While the North Korean nuclear program and its missile tests capture the world public attention, another war is about to spark. On August 14, US President Trump launched the first salvo by authorizing an inquiry into Beijing’s alleged theft of intellectual property under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. This is the first…
The US Navy has called for an “operational pause” in all fleets following the collision of the guided missile destroyer USS John S McCain with a merchant ship off Singapore. The Navy also ordered a review of “root causes” of a series of incidents at sea. “This is the second collision in three months, and…
Iraqi Kurdish military intelligence reports have estimated that the nine-month-long U.S.-Iraqi siege and bombardment of Mosul to oust Islamic State forces killed 40,000 civilians. This is the most realistic estimate so far of the civilian death toll in Mosul. But even this is likely to be an underestimate of the true number of civilians killed. No serious,…
