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What are the regional reactions to the new US-UK-Australia security pact? (Mike Yeo, Defense News)

(fpm/Getty Images) China has lashed out at plans by Australia to forge a closer alliance with the United States and the United Kingdom, which includes the sharing...

Here’s what a ‘green’ ship design could look like for the Royal Navy (Vivienne Machi, Defense News)

Families wave as HMS Kent, a Type 23 frigate leaves Portsmouth Harbour on August 12, 2019 in Portsmouth, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) Britain’s...

Lockheed reveals new LMXT refueling tanker, firing the opening salvo in US Air Force competition (Valerie Insinna, Defense News)

Lockheed Martin’s LMXT strategic tanker is the company's offering for the U.S. Air Force’s KC-Y program. (Brandon Stoker/Lockheed Martin) Lockheed Martin on Friday unveiled the...

China’s mercantilist threat to ASEAN is exaggerated (Christian Bachheimer, East Asia Forum)

China’s growing influence on ASEAN affairs has featured increasingly in international news. The dominant narrative is that China is deploying a mercantilist strategy to drive ASEAN acquiescence...

Myanmar’s exile government signs up to ICC prosecutions (Adam Simpson, East Asia Forum)

A recent decision by Myanmar’s National Unity Government (NUG) may offer a path to justice for the victims of war crimes, crimes against humanity...

Deepening Japan–Bangladesh relations (Shaikh Abdur Rahman, East Asia Forum)

As the world continues to struggle with the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Bangladesh has been able to maintain economic growth with the help...

Rules the waves, rule the world (Bruce Jones and Fred Dews, Brookings)

Oceans are at the center of global competition, climate, and trade. In his new book, “To Rule the Waves: How Control of the World’s...

Manchin and the Democrats’ last chance (Robert E. Litan, Brookings)

It is not surprising that Senator Joe Manchin is the man to watch in Washington. It was obvious once the Democrats took control of the Senate...

9/11 and Iraq: The making of a tragedy (Bruce Riedel, Brookings)

Twenty years after the al-Qaida attack on September 11, 2001, the United States is still involved in a war in Iraq that it started....

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