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Potential Northern Offensive, Exotic Proposals, Hardening Positions and a Distracted Superpower. The Big Five 30 August edition
2+ week, 1+ day ago (931+ words) And in the Pacific, nations from Japan to Australia, Indonesia to China, are preparing for a long contest ahead. Welcome to this week’s edition of The Big Five. Let’s assume for a moment that the Russians do decide to launch…...
America’s Reduction in Contributions to Ulchi Freedom Shield is a Warning to Pacific Allies
2+ week, 6+ day ago (673+ words) At the same time, he linked this decision with South Korea’s unwillingness to join in the US’ current war against Iran. South Korea is a long-term treaty ally of the US. It has fought alongside the US in Korea, Vietnam,…...
Building Strategic Depth, Longer Range Sanctions, Putin’s Speech and North Korean Learning About Modern War. The Big Five, 23 August edition
3+ week, 1+ day ago (1184+ words) Criticism matters not only for what it says, but for where it leads. Wang Wen-sheng, 18 August 2026. In the Pacific, a shortened military exercise was conducted in South Korea, with a senior allied officer acknowledging that the training activity was partially…...
Taiwan’s Whole-of-Society Exercise: What Han Kuang 42 Should Teach the Rest of Us
3+ week, 3+ day ago (321+ words) The 42nd Han Kuang Exercises represent a significant improvement over previous iterations of Taiwan’s most important military drills. It was longer, more realistic, less scripted and, crucially, placed much greater emphasis on the whole-of-society dimension of Taiwan’s defense. Mor Sobol, Taipei…...
Australia Side Steps Mobilisation Planning
3+ week, 6+ day ago (531+ words) In many other democracies in Scandinavia, eastern Europe and Asia, the preparation of mobilisation plans and the conduct of national service is entirely unremarkable. In Australia, and other English-speaking democracies, the “m” word has become the term that shall not…...