US upgrading long-serving B-52 to take on China
Transforming the venerable B-52 bomber into a cutting-edge warplane, the US is gearing up the long arm of its strategic airpower against a near-peer fight with China in the Pacific.
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Ukraine war cements decline of the West
“All that remains of the West is the ever more artificial, even insane attempt to arrest the wheel of history… In this senile Europe, the nations, states, and ruling classes… keep their faith in empty formulae of freedom and progress.”
The deterrence needed to prevent World War III
In hindsight, wars often look as if they were inevitable. Tensions were building up. National ambitions were clashing. Mutual fears and suspicions were growing. Historical grievances were simmering.
US-China relations frigid but not a New Cold War
Portraying the United States and China as locked in a “New Cold War” has become something of a cottage industry, providing provocative fodder for think tanks, the foreign policy cognoscenti and the broader commentariat while generating reams of stirring material for books, articles and documentary films.
New Zealand needs to muscle up for the New Cold War
When the previous government released the first-ever national security strategy last year, it forecast stormy geopolitical weather ahead. In the brief few months since then, the sky has darkened further still.