Many Americans, even Democrats, would agree that Hillary Clinton has a rather hawkish viewpoint of America's role in global affairs and Donald Trump is a completely unpredictable commodity when it comes to his views on military actions.  While Russia seems to be the focus of Ms.

  Photo: Khin Maung Win/AP Images.   A powerful earthquake hit central Myanmar on Wednesday, just hours after another major quake devastated central Italy.

The 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit the Southeast

If Emma Lazarus were alive today, and paying attention to the most recent wave of migrants to the United States — wealthy Chinese — she might write:

Give me your rich,
your lawyered masses,
yearning to breathe free.

These movements from China run exactly contrary

Let's open this posting with a definition:

An L-shaped recovery involves a sharp decline in key metrics including GDP growth, industrial output and employment followed by a long period of flat or stagnant growth.     A prime example of an

In part one of this two part posting, I looked at China's military capabilities through the eyes of the United States Department of Defense, focussing on the nation's missile capability.  In part 2, I will take a closer look at recent developments in both the South China Sea and the

U.S. law requires that the Secretary of Defense submit an annual report on the state of the military of the People's Republic of China and where it is headed in the future.  The report is also to address any U.S. - China co-operation and engagement on security matters over the past year,

Australia and Thailand are co-hosting a peacekeeping exercise involving over 100 participants from the Indo–Pacific region from 9-20 May 2016 in Bangsaen, Thailand.

Commander Australian Defence College, Major General Simone Wilkie, who is in Thailand to open PIRAP JABIRU 2016, said the