China has recently begun building oil rigs and conducting military exercises in disputed territorial waters. This has threatened its neighbors and raises questions about Chinese intentions.

Tension between Iran and the United States flared on December 28, 2011, when Habibollah Sayyari, commander of Iran’s navy, threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz, the 34-mile-wide passage through which more than one-third of the world’s oil tanker traffic travels.

Given the large-scale cutbacks directed by President Obama, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates's rhetoric is fast becoming an excuse for budget cuts.

Simply figure out how muchto save in order to have about the same level of spending every year. When your income is high, save money instead for the yearswhen yourincome is low.

Tokyo's guidelines represent only a modest increase in military capabilities.

A modern, balanced air force is a central ingredient in America's defense strategy and is the prerequisite to being able to intervene in the earliest stages of a conflict, and losing our current dominance would change nearly every calculation made by our leaders in trying to keep peace in the world.

In his plan to save America from its health care crisis, Ezekiel Emanuel provides a number of nuanced findings and provocative thoughts, but the wholeis less than the sum of its parts.

The country"s expertise in gold and diamond mining is well known, but its success with fuel technologies is now gaining respect and recognition.