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Pacific Tour Tests New Pentagon Chief
Mark Esper sets out to persuade U.S. allies in Asia that the United States has their back.
By Lara Seligman
August 5, 2019SYDNEY—Newly confirmed U.S. Secretary...
David v Goliath: Marshall Islands take on nuclear powers at UN...
6 Mar, 2016
The Marshall Islands launch a legal campaign against the UK, India and Pakistan this week in a David versus Goliath battle to...
Bikini Atoll has 1,000x radiation of Chernobyl decades after nuclear testing...
16 Jul, 2019
Radiation levels in the Marshall Islands, where the US government tested its nuclear arsenal during the Cold War, are even higher than...
Fallout from Colombia’s New Association with NATO
by W. T. Whitney
June 6, 2018
It was no surprise. Already Colombia had sent personnel to military training schools in Germany and Rome and troops...
Tensions around South China Sea
U.S. weighs more South China Sea patrols to confront 'new reality' of China
By Greg Torode, Idrees Ali
June 3, 2018
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The United States...
Philippine communist leader Jose Maria Sison ‘ready’ for talks
Netherlands-based leader's overture comes as Duterte labels rebels 'terrorists' following December's deadly clashes.
by Ted Regencia
3 Apr. 2018
The exiled leader of the communist party of...
Is the United States Preparing a World War?
US must 'prepare' for possible war with China, admiral warns
Harry Harris says Beijing undertaking 'military modernization, influence operations and predatory economics'
15 February 2018
The top US...
Australian right wing wants war with China
Ex-general delivers first speech in parliament: Australia must “consider the next war”
By James Cogan
16 February 2018
Jim Molan, who retired from the Australian...
North Korea and a “Rules-Based Order” for the Indo-Pacific, East Asia,...
By Gavan McCormack
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop declared in September 2017 that the emerging US-India-Japan-Australia Indo-Pacific “quadrilateral dialogue” would be founded on “respect for...
How the US and Israel Extort Votes at the UN
By Wayne MADSEN
On December 21, 2017, 128-member states of the United Nations General Assembly voted against the United States in condemning the Donald Trump...