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Air Force Crisis: U.S. Pilots Aren’t Confident They Can Defeat China The present crisis has its roots in the period of relative geopolitical calm that followed the end of the Cold War Here's What You Need to Remember: “In a way, China and Russia have rendered the U.S. military a service through their prowess and sheer cheek. Formidable competitors are compelling U.S. fighting forces to survey the tactical and strategic environment anew, sharpen their skills, and fortify their nerves.” A panel of young aviators voiced a harsh warning to the audience at the U.S. Navy’s annual Tailhook ...

How Japan’s pledge to defend Taiwan against China may tip Asia’s balance of power Joe Evans © Provided by The Week Japan would join the US in defending Taiwan against the “existential threat” of Chinese invasion, Tokyo has announced. Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso said that “if a major problem occurred in Taiwan”, his country would “need to consider seriously” that the neighbouring Japanese island of Okinawa “could be next” in Beijing’s list of targets. As The Times notes, the pledge to back Taiwan in the event of an attack “signals a shift in p...

Iran is continuing to develop increasingly long-range ballistic missiles -- and is firing some shorter-range missiles in combat. Here's What You Need to Remember: If the Trump administration truly wanted a diplomatic deal to curtail Iran's missiles, it wouldn't have torn up the JCPOA. The administration wants fewer arms-control regimes, even if rolling back decades of painstakingly-negotiated agreements means a much greater risk of an out-of-control arms race that could end with nuclear war. Iran is continuing to develop increasingly long-range ballistic missiles -- and is firing some shorte...

The May tests of at least one apparently nuclear-capable short-range missile startled foreign observers and threatened to elevate tensions between the United States and its allies South Korea and Japan on one side and, on the other side, North Korea and its main patron China.

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois reported the following activity on May 27 in the suits below: