PLA Daily commentary criticises Tokyo’s plan to raise defence spending to 2% of GDP, breaking a long-standing 1% ceiling.

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In the wake of the upper house election results, Japanese politics is in flux. Will emerging forces encourage a draft away ...

Japan stands at a pivotal moment, where diplomacy and strategy must converge to navigate rising tensions from the Middle East ...

Russian forces have floundered in Ukraine and history shows Russia's army can be beaten in combat, Poland's president told a ...

Start your Friday with SOFREP’s Morning Brief, bringing you the latest in defense and global affairs for August 15, 2025.

An 80-year economic illusion has ended and the comfortable post-Cold War interlude has given way to a more raw and Hobbesian ...

President Donald Trump emerged today from his summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin without a deal and without much to say.

Of America’s five big security partners in the region (Australia, Japan, the Philippines, South Korea and Taiwan) discussions ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy won diplomatic backing from Europe and the NATO alliance on Sunday ahead of a Russia-U.S. summit this week where Kyiv fears President Vladimir Putin and ...

A White House official has said President Donald Trump is open to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attending, but ...