The world doesn’t realise it’s already at war with China

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) was born out of a bloody civil war, won by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). For the CCP, the war to expand its depth and zones of control and influence never ended. It continues to attack resistance to its goals, at home and abroad, using a range of means. …

Analysis: President Biden’s daunting foreign policy challenges

By Amitav Acharya, Distinguished Professor, American University, Washington, DC. THERE is little question that the Biden administration will focus first and foremost on domestic challenges, especially the economic downturn and the Covid-19 pandemic. But four years of Donald Trump have also severely damaged US standing and credibility globally. In particular, the Trump years severely undercut …

Commentary: Stick in the mud

By Out-crowd THE THAI NAVY looks obstinately resistant to change and disruptive technology not only in general terms of current world affairs but in specific terms of modern-day defense initiatives when it comes to the planned procurement of conventional weapon systems such as submarines. Despite the event in which Prime Minister/Defense Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has …

Analysis: PM feared to manipulate sort of self-coup to prolong own regime

By Out-crowd BESIEGED BY sporadic mass protests in all regions of the country and a sustained economic downturn due in large part to the global pandemic and in no small part to his alleged failures to fix it, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha appears to have three way-outs - dissolve parliament or resign or manipulate sort …

FEATURE: Southeast Asian navies in race for submarines

  By Out-crowd THAILAND, Vietnam, Indonesia and Singapore have stood out among all other countries in the Southeast Asian region in terms of  upgraded naval firepower. They do not only have lengthy shores of the South China Sea and archipelagos but abundant natural resources such as oil, natural gas and minerals undersea. That obviously poses …