InAsia Horizon ReviewbyEvan Liu·Nov 3Japan’s Defense Spending Faces a Test of DeliveryTokyo is considering a larger five-year defense program. Procurement, personnel and operational support will determine how much capability…
InAsia Horizon ReviewbyEvan Liu·Nov 2Japan and America’s Missile PushThe United States and Japan have agreed to establish a facility in Japan for the final assembly and inspection of advanced air-to-air…
Diplomaticcrusible·Nov 1The pentagon's 2026 budget request shows where the pacific money actually has to come fromThe fiscal 2026 request asks for $106 billion in overseas contingency funds while European allies are told to spend more — and the debate…
Power Projection Dispatch·Oct 21The roosevelt's japan port call shows what pacific basing actually buysA four-day Yokosuka stopover, two forward homeports, and a carrier group already halfway to the Middle East explain why the US Navy keeps…
Diplomaticcrusible·Oct 21The pentagon's pacific missile stockpile is being built at europe's expenseA Navy plan to shift Tomahawk and SM-3 inventory toward the Indo-Pacific by 2027 collides with NATO's demand for the same interceptors in…
European Values Center for Security Policy·Oct 21Twenty Years On: Who Paid for North Korea’s Nuclear ProgramNorth Korea’s first nuclear test in 2006 transformed the security landscape of the Indo-Pacific. How did economic crisis, foreign aid and…
InAsia Horizon ReviewbyEvan Liu·Oct 14China’s Coastal Military DrillsChina has scheduled military exercises and live-fire activities across several coastal areas, spanning the Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East…
Lena Tatsumori·Oct 12Garrison and Exercise – If Darwin Can Do It, Why Can’t Okinawa?(The Missing 4,000, Part II)
Diplomaticcrusible·Oct 9The 69% myth: why NATO's US spending share isn't what it seemsWashington funds roughly 15% of NATO's common budgets, not the 69% Indian General Raj Shukla cites — the real split is about who buys what…
InAsia Horizon ReviewbyEvan Liu·Oct 7Missiles Move Closer to TaiwanThe U.S. Marine Corps is bringing NMESIS anti-ship missiles and MADIS air-defense systems to Japan’s westernmost inhabited island, just 110…
