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A strategic partnership with Indonesia offers a platform for India to push its economic and defense engagement with ASEAN.

Defense procurement is a murky business in India, but one thing is certain: The country wants to make more of its own weapons.

Much remains unknown about the strategy Pyongyang has or will develop to govern the purpose, employment and force structure of its burgeoning nuclear arsenal.

'Singapore’s increasingly restricted options may limit it to a policy of strict neutrality that leaves both Washington and Beijing dissatisfied.'

Despite Modi’s recent visit, Moscow–Delhi ties are likely to remain tumultuous in the coming years.

President Tsai and the DPP are struggling to shake poor approval ratings despite Taiwan’s strong economic performance.

Boosting the national defense budget, avoiding a spending blowout on submarines, watching out for aggression in the South China Sea and keeping up Taiwan’s defense from cyber attacks; chances are Taiwan’s president will be kept busy keeping the country safe in the second year of her presidency.

China's military developments are incompatible with its claim to a ‘peaceful rise' and its argument that its military buildup is aimed at self-defense.

Duterte’s acceptance of Chinese investment in exchange for not challenging territorial claims has important security implications for the rest of Southeast Asia.

It’s unclear at this point in which direction Sino-US strategic relations will go, but all indications point to a deterioration.

Cambodia favors Beijing because Chinese assistance comes without interference.

'An adequate defense will be multilayered and rolling it out will be much more difficult than simply ensuring our politicians change their passwords regularly.'

J. Michael Cole's plan for Taiwan to increase its chances of surviving a possible U.S. retrenchment from Asia under President Trump.

Without the Philippines and the TPP, Washington will need a backup plan for the Pacific.

China’s share in the international arms exports market has risen from 3.6% in 2006-10 to 5.9% in 2011-15.

A recent report by the ‘China Times’ claims Taiwan has decided to abandon efforts to develop a medium-range missile that could hit Beijing or Shanghai. While aborting the program would make sense, Taipei won’t be doing so for the reasons stated in the article.

‘The missile would have made Top Gun a very short movie.’