Even if COVID-19 doesn't leave personnel ill (or worse), measures to contain and respond to such outbreaks can still leave militaries less equipped to manage other emerging security threats.
By Sim Tack
With regional threats expanding and and the Japanese aerospace industry declining, Tokyo has its work cut out for it when it comes to guaranteeing its national defense.
With a parade of military hardware on the 70th anniversary of the People's Republic, Beijing sends a message to the world highlighting its growing might.
Bolton's departure has the potential to affect U.S. policy on everything from Iran to arms control.
Now that it has walked away from the INF treaty, the U.S. is looking to deploy nuclear missiles in the western Pacific against China. Whether it finds a spot to place them is another story.
To guard its energy and security interests in the contentious waters, Beijing may find it has no choice but to join a U.S.-led escort operation, or perhaps even to launch its own.
As the U.S. formally withdraws from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, Stratfor looks back at the deal's collapse -- and ahead to the future of the arms race.
China has by no means overcome all of the issues limiting its ability to carry out a successful amphibious invasion, such as the seizure of Taiwan, but it has still made great strides.
When it comes to cyberwarfare, the White House has rewritten the rules of engagement, giving the Pentagon full rein to take the fight to its adversaries.
Until now, nuclear arms control deals have been a largely bilateral, U.S.-Russian affair. Could that change as Washington tries to entice Beijing to join a pact?
