Defense
Zapad 2017
The Zapad 2017 exercise will begin on September 14, 2017. It will be carried out jointly by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation...
Bangladesh demonstrates preparedness in tackling security threats with latest Commando drill
Commandos from Bangladesh Army, alongwith other security forces, performed a drill on the 17th of August at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka’s Mirpur...
New Trend of Regional Security Cooperation perceived or misperceived?
Authors: Nodir Boboev & Yihan Zhang The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) started in 2012 as a multiple organization of its original member-states such as...
Xi Jinping’s military doctrine: Confidence, competence and commitment
Authors: Wang Li & Kripendra Amatya In modern history, the great powers of the West rarely discussed Chinese military favorably, because although it was...
Do CIA and BND punish Recep T. Erdogan?
Erdogan’s recent motives and cornerstone foreign policy objectives are really problematic for the former allies of Ankara. The more Ankara pushes for an independent...
US, China Rift, and the New Threat from North Korea
The launch of Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) by North Korea on 4 July 2017 has sparked new tensions between United States, China and North...
China, Russia and the shifting landscape of arms sales
Following the end of the cold war and the break-up of the Soviet Union, there were rapid decreases in Russian military budgets. Soviet military...
Cooperation or Connectivity: How will the SCO function from now?
Authors: Wang Li & Palamdorj Bayartsetseg W ith the inclusion of India and Pakistan into the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) at the summit...
World military spending: increases in the USA and Europe, decreases in oil-exporting countries
T otal world military expenditure rose to $1686 billion in 2016, an increase of 0.4 per cent in real terms from 2015, according...
The Challenge of the Indigenous Arms Industry: The Ascendant and Dependent Classes
Just as Niccolo Machiavelli noted the unreliability of mercenaries and interpretations of Sun Tzu claiming a mercenary's real value is not more...