While much recent international attention has been paid to hijackings and piracy off the eastern coast of Africa, the continent’s western coast is also infested with pirates. And while there has been some success thwarting criminals near Somali waters, there hasn’t been no such victory against their counterparts in Nigeria. The Gulf of Guinea has […]
Shangri-La dialogue
This year, at the foremost conference on Asia-Pacific security, the Shangri-La Dialogue, China’s rising power and aggression will be at the forefront of the talks. The conference, organized by the independent think tank the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), is one of the only forums in which foreign ministers of all countries with an […]
Internal challenges remain primary obstacle for Philippine military growth
The President of the Philippines has pledged to bring his military’s capabilities up to respectable levels; however, citizens of the country remain highly skeptical that military improvements can effectively be made given the country’s history of corruption associated with military spending. Amidst an active maritime border dispute with China, President Benigno Aquino III promised to increase the defense […]
Asia powers double defense spending
China’s recent explosion in defense spending has caused a regional response from other powers– Asia’s top players have doubled their defense spending in the past decade, creating a regional arms race that isn’t helping geopolitical tensions. Although there hasn’t been a significant increase in human capital, defense spending has skyrocketed nonetheless, according to a new […]
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