However, Taiwan spending 10 percent of its GDP on military spending, as suggested by US undersecretary of defense for policy ...

While Taiwan spending 10 percent of its GDP on military spending is likely unrealistic, especially given total government ...

Washington’s possible cuts to US troops stationed in Japan – and potentially in South Korea – suggest a higher priority on reducing spending than competing with China, and it could weaken ...

Former military leaders are raising concerns as China has begun rolling out new funding initiatives in countries like Cambodia, which saw USAID funds severed.

Beijing said Mr Guetlein's narrative was an attempt to justify higher military spending and hype the "China, Russia threat theory" narrative. "Following US President Trump's return to office ...

This comes as Japan doubles military spending, including money to purchase ... along the edge of the contested East China Sea near Taiwan. In his first official visit to Asia, Hegseth traveled ...

The drills came after Taiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te, announced measures to counter China’s influence and espionage.

Taiwanese President William Lai Ching-te said Thursday that the island’s defense budget will exceed 3% of its economic output ...

He praised Japan as an "indispensable partner" in countering what he called "communist Chinese military aggression", and ...

Hegseth also stopped short of publicly calling on Tokyo to hike military spending, saying in Japan he trusted the close US ...

The Pentagon is considering making significant cuts to the top of the US military as the Trump administration seeks to shrink ...

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and his U.S. counterpart, Pete Hegseth, agreed Sunday to accelerate efforts to ...