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From Europe to the Pacific, world weighs risk of war
News, Peter Apps, Published on 31/01/2024
» As last week's North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) defence chiefs' meeting drew to a close, Nato Military Committee Chairman Adm Robert Bauer outlined the steps he believed households within the alliance should already be taking in the event of war.
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Red Sea crisis presents US, allies with tough choices
News, Peter Apps, Published on 25/12/2023
» As the Pentagon asked allies to provide warships for an international task force to protect Red Sea commercial shipping from mounting drone attacks from Yemen last week, one of the United States' closest partners appeared to be holding back.
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Behind US-China smiles, Taiwan face-off risks peril
News, Peter Apps, Published on 28/11/2023
» When John F Kennedy became US president in January 1961, he was determined to meet his Soviet counterpart, Nikita Khrushchev, directly. It was better, he told advisers, "to meet at the summit rather than the brink".
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US Navy trainers preparing for a worldwide war
News, Peter Apps, Published on 28/08/2023
» As the US aircraft carrier Dwight D Eisenhower sat moored for maintenance last week in its home port of Norfolk, Virginia, many of her crew were below decks, engaged in training for a simulated conflict in the North Atlantic.
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Xi's favourite general trips up over Taiwan
News, Peter Apps, Published on 10/06/2019
» As the head of Beijing's strategic nuclear forces and its fastest rising general, Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe had a reputation for "doing more and saying less". It was a methodical, determined approach that made him a clear favourite of President Xi Jinping, placing him at the heart of China's remarkable military revolution and its efforts to dominate the region.
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