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Earlier in the week, we were all treated to the announcement of a new and improved trilateral security pact between the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia (called AUKUS). The most memorable thing about the announcement (read Sister Toldjah’s post, Watch: Biden Makes International Headlines for Embarrassing Reason After Awkward Moment With Aussie PM) was Joey Soft Serve forgetting the name of the Australian prime minister.Despite the placid, if short-bus-ish ambiance of the announcement, there was drama brewing out of sight.Biden announced that the United States would allow nuclear submarine technology transfer to Australia. This is significant. It would make...

Saudi and Russian officials Tuesday announced the signing of military cooperation pact between the two countries. Saudi Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman announced the agreement via Twitter, stating it would aid in “developing joint military cooperation between the two countries.” In a second tweet, he elaborated on his meeting with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Shoygu, in which the pair explored ways to “strengthen the military and defense cooperation between our two countries.” I signed an agreement today with the Russian Deputy Minister of Defense Colonel General Alexander Fomin between the Kingdom and the Russian Federation aimed at developing joint military...

China’s nuclear get-out clause over defence of North Korea Beijing not obliged to defend Pyongyang as its development of nuclear weapons breaches mutual defence pact, experts say as US warns it may launch strike against North China is not obliged to help defend North Korea from military attack if the reclusive state developed nuclear weapons, according to Chinese diplomatic and military observers. The assessment comes as senior officials in Washington warn of a strike against the Pyongyang regime. China and North Korea signed a mutual aid and cooperation treaty in 1961 as they sought to mount a united front against...

Bulgarian Defense Minister Anu Anguelov and Defense Minister Ehud Barak are expected to sign two defense cooperation agreements that will include joint military training and a memorandum on cooperation in the armament industry. ...

By Lawrence J. Korb and Peter Ogden Wednesday, August 3, 2005 Many of the people who are made uncomfortable by President Bush's ideologically driven foreign policy have been pleasantly surprised by his recent decision to supply India with nuclear energy technology. This diplomatic agreement, its admirers eagerly point out, is not rooted in "freedom" or "values" but in a strategic calculation: that providing India with such technology will help balance China's power in the region. This does appear to be the case. But what they fail to note is that the administration's inexperience with such strategic, non-ideological calculations has caused...

/begin my translation China won't Intervene if U.S. Attacks N. Korea [Lee Un-do reporting from Washington D.C.] An official from Chinese Foreign Ministry disclosed on (Mar.) 23rd((U.S.) local time) that China will not intervene militarily (in N. Korea) even if the diplomatic efforts to resolve N. Korean nuclear problem fails and U.S. mounts military attacks on N. Korea. The official, who are knowledgeable on Sino-American affairs, told this reporter, "The mutual defense treaty between N. Korea and China, signed in 1961, is now subject to different interpretations, due to the passage of time." He went on to emphasize, "China won't...