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 […]
Sea Change
As the war in Iraq has concluded and the United States is officially drawing down its ground-presence in Afghanistan, the U.S. military is changing gears. Domestically, the focus is on diminishing the overall force size while increasing flexibility. While it is still necessary to keep a presence in the Middle East, the U.S. security apparatus is also increasingly focused […]
Piracy and Armed Robbery in Asia
Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) has published ‘Patterns and Trends of Situation on Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships in Asia for 2011’The scope of this highly interesting and recommended study is as follows. An analysis of: – Overall patterns and trends (2007-2011); – Situation Update […]
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