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China’s military

Opinion | How China’s military-industrial complex is reshaping geopolitics

As China’s defence posture alters spheres of influence and trade, its allies and rivals are recalibrating their own military policies.

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Defence

UK carrier strike group set for 8-month collaborative Pacific deployment

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Ukraine war

European nations promise to send Ukraine billions more to help fight Russia

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US-China trade war

Trump’s tariffs, China targeting in focus as House lawmakers fret over alliances

US defence officials pledge to deepen cooperation with Indo-Pacific partners while America’s top trade envoy faces pointed questions again.

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US President Donald Trump holds an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Wednesday. Photo: AP
Japan

Nato chief confronts China’s ‘staggering’ military build-up during Japan visit

Nato chief Mark Rutte urged for a stronger Japan-Nato alliance amid concerns over China’s rapid military expansion and global stability threats.

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Human rights

Opinion | Whose lives matter? Navigating aid and ethics in a divided world

As the West and Global South clash over Gaza and beyond, the question of whose lives are deemed worthy of protection exposes deep fractures.

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Donald Trump

Trump losing patience with Putin, US’ Marco Rubio tells Nato

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Trump probably wouldn’t accept the Russian president’s delaying tactics much longer.

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At a Nato foreign ministers meeting in Brussels, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Trump probably wouldn’t accept the Russian president’s delaying tactics much longer. Photo: AFP
Ukraine war

Finland’s colossal underground bunkers a model for anxious Europe

With over 50,000 shelters, Finland’s defence strategy has attracted international interest since Russia invaded Ukraine.

European Union

Marco Rubio says US committed to Nato but tells allies to spend more

Trump has demanded Nato more than double its current spending target to five per cent of GDP – more than any, including the US, spend now.

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United States

Letters | Time for Nato to eject the United States

Readers discuss why Nato is better off without the US, and how Trump is destroying a world order that favours the US.

Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte meets with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 13. Photo: AFP
France

Musk, far-right leaders say poll ban on France’s Le Pen will ‘backfire’

Far-right leaders and Elon Musk condemn a French court’s five-year poll ban on Marine Le Pen, warning of democratic norm violations and political backlash.

Elon Musk, is rallying behind Marine Le Pen after a court banned her from running for office over expenses misuse. Photo: Reuters
Greenland

Greenland’s new prime minister says US will not get the island

Trump wants to annex the Arctic territory, claiming it’s needed for national security purposes.

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Donald Trump

Finland’s president boosts ties with Trump with round of golf in Florida

The meeting comes a day after Trump’s VP J.D. Vance accused Denmark – Finland’s close ally – of doing a poor job keeping Greenland safe.

United States

Vance slams Denmark for not keeping Greenland safe from China and Russia

As his vice-president visited a base in the territory, Trump told reporters the US needed Greenland to ensure ‘peace of the entire world’.

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Vice President JD Vance speaks at the U.S. military’s Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, Friday, March 28, 2025. (Jim Watson/Pool via AP)
Vladimir Putin

Trump’s plan to take over Greenland is ‘serious’, Putin says

The Russian leader is concerned that Nato countries could use the Arctic as a springboard for future conflicts.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech at the International Arctic Forum in Murmansk on Thursday. Photo: AFP
Ukraine war

Not all European allies agree on troops for Ukraine: Macron

France and Britain, which are driving the initiative, would forge ahead with a ‘reassurance force’ with several countries.

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Donald Trump

Trump insists US must have Greenland, as Vance trip stokes anger

Plans for the US vice-president’s visit have already been scaled down amid backlash from local and Danish authorities.

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United States

‘Scary, reckless’: US allies alarmed by leaked group chat about war plans

The incident is seen as a major security breach that casts doubt on intelligence-sharing and the security of joint operations with the US.

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Demonstrator Gary Rush holds a placard depicting US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth as US intelligence chiefs appeared before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing in Washington on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters
Ukraine war

Opinion | China has good reason to keep its peacekeepers out of Ukraine

Beijing’s strategic instinct is against military involvement even as its peacekeeping is bound to the UN framework and thus subject to Russia’s veto.

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Germany

Opinion | Why Germany can’t afford not to spend billions on defence

For decades, Germans took Russia’s energy, China’s market and the US’ security guarantee for granted. They can’t be so complacent any more.

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Diplomacy

Opinion | As US-led globalisation falters, China-Europe relations can flourish

Western leaders committed to the rules-based order must promote dialogue with Beijing while quietly upholding values now rejected by Washington.

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Ukraine war

Zelensky accuses Russia of prolonging Ukraine war amid ceasefire talks

US-Russia talks on Ukraine war to begin in Saudi Arabia after Kyiv says meeting with Americans was ‘constructive and informative’.

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A firefighter eliminates a fire in a damaged residential building following a drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine. Photo: AFP
Ukraine war

Putin will breach Ukraine peace deal unless it is defended, UK’s Starmer says

British PM told meeting of defence chiefs in London that security arrangements must be in place to ensure sovereignty for Ukraine.

European Union

Poland, Baltic nations to quit landmine treaty amid Russia threat

Quitting the 1997 treaty will allow Poland and the three Baltic countries to start stockpiling and using landmines again.

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Russia

Lithuania blames Russian military intelligence for Ikea store arson

The Ikea store was set ablaze in Vilnius in May 2024 and caused no casualties.

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People cool off in a public fountain in Vilnius, Lithuania. Lithuania, a Baltic state and Nato member, has been a staunch ally of Kyiv since Moscow invaded Ukraine in February 2022, and frequently warned against sabotage attempts inspired by Russia. photo: AP
China-Russia relations

Warming US-Russia ties could put China’s Arctic ambitions on ice, experts warn

Beijing has relied on Moscow for access to the far north but a geopolitical realignment is under way that could see it frozen out.

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Melting ice has opened up the prospect of commercially lucrative sea routes through the North Pole. Photo: Shutterstock
US-China relations

Opinion | The US-China Thucydides Trap is by no means a foregone conclusion

Instead, it’s a call to action. From helping mediate in Ukraine to investing in the US, China may yet defy historical negative trends.

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Defence

Macroscope | How will nations pay for a Trump-induced rush to arms?

Those aiming to raise defence spending should ask where the money will come from and remember needs like infrastructure and climate change.

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