Japan

China has warned that the situation on the Korean Peninsula has reached “tipping point,” just hours after Pyongyang launched a ballistic missile. Meanwhile, North...

Doklam then and now: from British to Chinese interests, follow the money A stalemate in the Himalayas, a three-way territorial struggle, fears of foreign hegemony...

Pyongyang can miniaturize, so let’s move on to what’s important: David Wright on the North Korea crisis By Lucien Crowder On Tuesday, The Washington Post set...

North Korea stages large-scale artillery drill as U.S. submarine docks in South North Korea conducted a big live-fire exercise on Tuesday to mark the foundation...

Tense standoff continues on Korean peninsula By Peter Symonds The confrontation on the Korean Peninsula is continuing as the US threatens military action against North...

Conflit imminent? Des militaires et des diplomates US évacuent leurs familles de Séoul Des militaires américains ont commencé à évacuer leurs familles et le personnel...

As Trump warned North Korea, his 'armada' was headed toward Australia When U.S. President Donald Trump boasted early last week that he had sent an...

This week (December 2-10) [1] the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is being negotiated in Jakarta, Indonesia. If signed, RCEP would grant corporations the exclusive right to bypass domestic legal systems and sue governments at international tribunals whenever they feel government regulation can limit their profits [2].

The next BRICS summit, in Goa, is less than two months away. Compared to only two years ago, the geopolitical tectonic plates have moved with astonishing speed. Most BRICS nations are mired in deep crisis; Brazil’s endless political/economic/institutional debacle may yield the Kafkaesque impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff.

Japan is planning to deploy a new type of missile to the East China Sea, where Tokyo is engaged in a tense territorial dispute with Beijing. The decision marks a significant milestone in the drive by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to remilitarize Japan. The planned missile system will be designed locally, by the country’s expanding defence industry, rather than being supplied by the United States or another ally.