The outcome of this Sunday’s election will have significant consequences for Japan’s national security policy.

I visit the Tsunami Memorial in Khao Lak Thailand to reflect on the Khao Lak Tsunami 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami tragedy in Thailand and around the Indian Ocean. I'm sure we have all seen footage from the ...

In 2021, U.S. Navy Admiral Philip Davidson, then the commander of the Indo-Pacific Command, testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services that Beijing had set a serious goal of ...

China removed its top army general in what many analysts see as a move to cement loyalty to President Xi Jinping. It’s rattling Taiwan, and as special correspondent Patrick Fok reports, it comes amid ...

While President Trump seemed to threaten military action this month in Greenland over a national security crisis that no one else could see, he has been nonchalant about a far more serious risk of war ...

On January 23, 2026, the Trump administration released a National Defense Strategy (NDS) that asks Asia to read between the lines. To observers in the region, the document delivers a jarring mix of ...

Historically the rise and the growth of the Parliamentary system can be traced to Finance” — Dr. N.M. Perera On April 6, 2004 I was appointed the Minister of Finance of the UPFA government by ...

BEIJING — The downfall of China’s top general, second in command and once a close ally of President Xi Jinping, has thrown the leadership of the country’s military into turmoil and raised questions ...

You look for things that are singular,” said professional rock climber Alex Honnold, known for his legendary “free solo” ascent up Yosemite National Park’s El Capitan.

Her victory is remarkable, and yet, beyond the arithmetic of seats, it is the audacity, unpredictability, and sheer strategic opportunism of Sanae Takaichi that has unsettled the conventions of ...

Introduction Community support for individuals with mental health problems is a global public health issue. Poor mental health literacy and high levels of stigmatising attitudes among the general ...