US FON Operations: Challenging Excessive Maritime Claims
In April, the USS John Paul Jones carried out a freedom of navigation (FON) operation in India’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) 130 nautical miles (nm) west of t...
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In April, the USS John Paul Jones carried out a freedom of navigation (FON) operation in India’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) 130 nautical miles (nm) west of t...
2020 was a year that reversed the idea of humanity being a dominant power; it was a year where neither the global economy, global conglomerates, nor global lead...
Rohingya refugees walk to board a naval vessel to be relocated to to the island of Bhasan Char, in Chattogram, Bangladesh, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Az...
Background When examining the arrival of western photographers to China in the 19th century, men wielding cameras, armed with a revolutionary means of image-rep...
This piece was published in the Spring Issue Print Edition (Volume 11) “The real inversion takes place when, in their desire for a certain majesty, the masses j...
The upcoming anniversary of the Korean War is a reminder of the United States’ first military loss after 1945. Although the conflict ended with the Korean Armis...
American military leaders’ argument is simple: Pacific adversaries (particularly North Korea) have large and growing ballistic missile arsenals. To combat this ...
On October 5, 2020, the Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat (MPR) — Indonesia’s main parliamentary body—passed a long-awaited “omnibus bill” amending existing produc...
The military-led coup in Myanmar has met with widespread protests by people of diverse backgrounds, including Buddhist monks. The demonstrations by the monks ho...
Buddhism as a religion is a proponent of equality and typically condemns discriminatory and hierarchical structures in society. However, the involvement of Budd...