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Foreign Affairs The Russia–China Partnership Was Made in America U.S. strategic planners unwisely drove Moscow into Beijing’s arms. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov – China Pool/Getty Images) Last month’s summit meeting between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping—during which the leaders signed over 40 cooperation agreements and deepened their nations’ strategic partnership—provides just the latest sign that diplomatic, economic, and military cooperation between Russia and China is robust and continues to rise. That trend is profoundly distressing to political and media elites in the United States, most of whom are…Open
During a Pentagon meeting, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth welcomed South Korea’s increased defense spending, according to a Defense Department transcript.
Israel sent the United Arab Emirates an Iron Dome air defense system with troops to operate it early in the war with Iran , two Israeli officials and one U.S. official tell Axios. Why it matters: The military, security and intelligence cooperation between Israel and the UAE has reached new heights during the war. The unprecedented deployment of the Iron Dome system during the war was not previously made public. Driving the news: Since the beginning of the war, the UAE has been targeted by Iran more than any other country in the region. - According to the Emirati ministry of defense, Iran fired around 550 ballistic and cruise missiles and more than 2,200 drones at the UAE. - Most of the missiles and drones were intercepted, but some…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that his country and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to cooperate on defence amid Iran’s drone strikes across the Gulf, before heading to regional neighbour Qatar. Published [...]
Space Force guardians are participating in the 45th iteration of Cobra Gold for the first time in the exercise's history, marking a milestone for the service and further integrating space as a warfighting domain within one of the Indo-Pacific's largest multinational exercises.
U.S. Forces Korea rejected a South Korean request to reschedule a trilateral aerial exercise with Japan, according to local media reports, amid sensitivities over a Japanese holiday tied to disputed islands claimed by both countries.
Justified Accord 2026 the U.S. Africa Command's largest annual, multinational exercise in East Africa, is designed to strengthen cooperation and advance regional security by enabling partner-led security operations against shared counterterrorism threats.