Beijing has long perfected the art of budgetary camouflage. Significant sums are routinely hidden off the official balance sheet in the guise of research and development projects, covert military-civil fusion initiatives,

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Japan is an ‘indispensable partner’ against Beijing in the Asia Pacific.

However, Taiwan spending 10 percent of its GDP on military spending, as suggested by US undersecretary of defense for policy nominee Elbridge Colby, is likely unrealistic, especially given that total government spending accounts for only 13.7 percent of GDP, but it must still increase military funding, Mastro said.

If India wants stability, it must accompany its conciliatory tone with the material capacity to deter aggression as far as China is concerned

Taiwanese President William Lai Ching-te said Thursday that the island’s defense budget will exceed 3% of its economic output as it overhauls its military in the face of the rising threat from China.

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, will receive a top-secret Pentagon briefing on U.S. military strategies involving potential conflicts with China.