The U.S. national security community is increasingly focused on threats emanating from the Indo-Pacific. Threat Status at The Washington Times delivers daily and big-picture coverage of the region — from China's expanding military to high-stakes economic and technology developments and the plight of democracy among America's allies.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris laid out her political vision in Seoul on Wednesday — a vision that, rather than being a scathing assault on the Trump administration, was somewhat aligned with the MAGA playbook.
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The Trump administration has held discussions with Chinese officials on conducting reciprocal visits to nuclear facilities, according to a U.S. official.
China’s state-linked telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies is expanding control over large swaths of the global internet infrastructure that poses an “existential” national security threat, according to a former U.S. intelligence leader.
The recent land mine incident in the Korean Demilitarized Zone could escalate into conflict on the peninsula.
China is ramping up “gray zone” warfare against Taiwan and the Taiwanese military and civilian population are focused on responding to major telecommunications attacks as part of Beijing’s plan to coerce the annexation of the island, according to a think tank war game.
With President Trump saying he faces a choice of whether to “annihilate the Islamic Republic and do it quickly,” the Pentagon is deploying a third aircraft carrier strike group and up to 10,000 more troops to the Middle East.
China has opened a foreign air force support center and is training pilots in Communist Laos — the latest thrust south by Beijing’s military, which is already training the armed forces of other Southeast Asian nations.
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs and Taiwanese leaders opened an economic and cultural office Monday to aid Taiwanese businesses and citizens in the region, despite pressure from the Chinese government to block it.
FBI agents arrested a California Realtor suspected of spying for China by illegally gathering personal information on a relative of Taiwan President Lai Ching-te and providing it to Beijing, the Justice Department announced Monday.
Japanese officials lodged formal diplomatic complaints with the American embassy in Tokyo following the arrest of a U.S. Marine accused of robbing and killing a woman at a hotel on Okinawa.
The arrest of a U.S. Marine on suspicion of robbing and killing a local woman on Okinawa has drawn condemnation from Japan’s leaders and renewed protests against the heavy American military presence on the southern island.
Russia on Monday hosted a round of consultations on Afghanistan that included a delegation of the country’s ruling Taliban government, along with representatives of China, India, Iran, Pakistan and other nations.
President Trump earned solid reviews in the Indo-Pacific for refusing at his September summit in Washington to bend to Chinese President Xi Jinping on Taiwan: He offered no concessions on the island’s independence and did not backpedal on weapons sales.
South Korea’s military said Monday it concluded North Korea planted mines that injured three South Korean soldiers at their heavily fortified border last month, urging the North to apologize and remove other mines.
Hungary’s former Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto appeared before a parliamentary committee on Monday to answer questions about his dealings with Chinese automaker BYD while still in office. He left politics in July to take up an executive position with the company.
During his state visit to Washington last month, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced that China would be inviting 100,000 American students to study in China over the next five years.
Japanese authorities said they arrested a U.S. Marine in Okinawa early Sunday after he was accused of killing a woman on the island.
Japanese police arrested a U.S. Marine in the alleged robbery and murder of a woman on Okinawa, officials said Sunday, the latest criminal case on the southern island where the heavy American troop presence has remained a sensitive issue.
North Korea said Saturday it test-fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile that it claimed has maneuverable flight capabilities designed to evade missile defenses in South Korea and Japan. The latest test comes amid heightened tensions between the two Koreas over border land mine blasts.
South Korea’s president threatened Friday to take unspecified punitive steps against Ukraine if it refuses to apologize over its revelation of a supposedly secret transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea.
Taiwan on Friday received the first two of 65 F-16V fighter jets ordered from the U.S., the island’s air force said, following years of delays.
South Korea’s left-leaning administration is developing close ties with communist China, raising national security concerns for its relations with the U.S, the chairman of the House Select Committee on China warned in a letter.
Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi this week again urged his government to urgently debate acquiring nuclear weapons amid growing nuclear threats from China.
The Energy Department’s nuclear agency has conducted an explosive test in the Nevada desert designed to detect low-yield nuclear blasts from China and Russia, the National Nuclear Security Administration said Wednesday.
Legislation to permanently ban the sale of Chinese vehicles in the United States stalled out on Wednesday as senators struggled to seal an agreement, virtually guaranteeing that the bill will have to wait until after the November elections.
A continent and ocean away from the pageantry and theatrics of the U.S.-China summit last week, the commander of the Pacific Command revealed details on his effort to deter and, if needed, win a war against China.
President Trump on Wednesday announced plans for South Korea to invest $200 billion in U.S. projects, including a $54 billion liquefied natural gas initiative in Alaska and a $20 billion power plant in Texas.
Seoul has fewer options for responding to North Korea’s involvement in a DMZ explosion that injured three South Korean soldiers after the Lee administration over the last year mothballed some of the tools used by previous administrations — including covert drone flights and the blaring loudspeakers that were aimed at the North for years.
Taiwan’s defense minister said Tuesday that existing U.S. arms sales to Taiwan remain unchanged, and that Taipei remains in talks with the U.S. over individual deals. A record $14 billion arms package to the island, however, remains stalled.
China on Tuesday rolled out new measures to help boost its economy and sluggish property sector as pressures ramp up ahead of a year-end target for hitting the government’s economic growth goal.
South Koreans returning to work Monday after last week’s Chuseok, or Autumn Thanksgiving, were confronted with bad news: A military investigation found that a recent explosive incident that wounded three soldiers was likely connected to North Korea.
President Trump on Monday said he did not discuss an offer to sell U.S. weapons to China during the recent summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The more U.S.-China relations change, the more they remain the same.
President Donald Trump has asked Chinese President Xi Jinping if he wanted to buy weapons from the United States, the U.S. ambassador to China said.
The United States and China released Monday reciprocal lists of products worth about $30 billion each that will see tariff cuts, from American hair products to Chinese toys, in a deal expected to boost bilateral trade.
Seoul has called for an official apology from Ukraine after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy revealed what it says was supposed to be a secret transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea.
A potential U.S. strategy long feared by America’s Asian allies has been given shape.
Two giant pandas arrived in Atlanta on Sunday morning as part of an agreement between the Chinese and American governments.
President Trump capped Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit with a tour of the National Archives, giving the Communist leader a glimpse at the founding documents of America’s democracy.
The U.S. and China made “tremendous strides” during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit, President Trump said as the leaders capped the stay with tea at the White House and a trip to the National Archives.
President Trump is taking Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit the National Archives on Friday, showing off the sacred texts of U.S. democracy to the leader of the world’s most powerful communist country to cap off a three-day state visit criticized for being heavy on pomp and light on substance.
President Trump toasted China’s leader Thursday at the White House and gave him a gift of one of America’s most iconic symbols.
Delays in selling a $14 billion arms package to Taiwan are based on worries about shortages in U.S. military production of needed weapons, according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Free Tibet activists gathered outside the Chinese Embassy in Washington on Thursday to protest Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit and meetings with President Trump.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping left the White House Thursday afternoon after concluding his bilateral meeting with President Trump on a wide range of issues.
Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday that two giant pandas from China will arrive at Zoo Atlanta in the coming days, bolstering a loan program that at one time had lapsed as part of tensions between Beijing and Washington.