Warfare

Russia approved secret China military training at top level, sources say

A classified Russian document seen by Reuters directly referred to an internal decree issued by Defense Minister Andrei Belousov in August, 2025.

|ByREUTERS
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping inspect an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China May 20, 2026.
Japanese troops take part in a counter-landing live fire exercise as part of the annual Balikatan joint military drills on May 04, 2026 in Laoag, Ilocos Norte province, Philippines.

Israel must seize the opportunities created by Japan's strategic awakening - opinion

Together, Japan and Israel can cooperate on issues that will define the 21st century.

|ByEMMANUEL NAVON
Taiwanese soldiers leave Qingtian Hall, an underground military tunnel built inside Taiwu Mountain in the 1960s, after attending a performance commemorating the Battle of Guningtou, in Kinmen, Taiwan, October 18, 2025

Armies to markets: The changed nature of power - opinion

A new stage of global competition has begun, focused on rebuilding economies to be more resilient in a world of longer, more complex conflicts – not just on armaments.

|BySALEM ALKETBI
OLEKSII REZNIKOV, Ukraine’s former defense minister, attends a parliament session in Kyiv, June 2023.

Ukraine’s sling against Russia: How 'geniuses in garages' transformed robotic warfare

The road to becoming a robotic superpower was paved with skepticism, but Ukraine did not set out to become a world leader in military robotics - it set out to survive.

|ByAMICHAI STEIN

Yom Kippur War: IDF chief ignored pre-warning about Egyptian artilery

“Everyone one of the forts on the [Suez] Canal, as far as potential from the enemy, could be hit easily with 5,000 shells per hour.”

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Then-prime minister Golda Meir (R) accompanied by then-defense minister Moshe Dayan, meets with Israeli soldiers at a base on the Golan Heights after intense fighting during the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

‘New-generation warfare’ and the future of state security

“I know not with what weapon World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones” – Albert Einstein

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018BySHAHZADA RAHIM
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