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Saudi Arabia: A Moment in the ‘Oval Office’

Jinghong Chen - December 4, 2025. Published in Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Arabia: The Deeper Implications of the F-35 Deal

Jinghong Chen - November 30, 2025. Published in Asharq Al-Awsat

Washington now faces choices: proceed with the deal and adjust its conception of alliances in the region or succumb to legislative stagnation and reject or downgrade the deal.

Saudi Arabia: Riyadh and Washington … Filling the Vacuum and Lifting Stability

Jinghong Chen - November 25, 2025. Published in Asharq Al-Awsat

The new landscape consolidates Riyadh’s position as a regional power.

Pakistan: Can China Counter US Arms Sales to Taiwan?

Deepti Bista - December 29, 2024. Published in Pakistan Today

Taiwan: Taiwan Should Take Advantage of RTX Overcharging for Arms

Jennifer Sampson - October 15, 2024. Published in UDN

Taiwan should use diplomatic protest to strengthen national defense.

Ireland: The US Must End Arms Sales to Israel

Rejeanne Lacroix - April 30, 2024. Published in Irish Examiner

Hong Kong: The Military Aid ‘Package Deal’ – US Sees Taiwan as Next Battlefield

Robin Koerner - October 22, 2023. Published in China Review News

The United States is unreliable ... [t]he farther away the United States stays ... the safer Taiwan will be.

Hong Kong: Biden Sells Arms to Taiwan Again, Accelerating Its Transformation into a Powder Keg

Robin Koerner - September 4, 2023. Published in China Review News

[T]he United States is hoping that Taiwan will fight a little longer and suffer more casualties when war breaks out.

China: The World Should Be Careful When US Arms Dealers Laugh

Lalatendu Das - March 15, 2023. Published in Global Times

Higher U.S. military spending indicates a higher risk of war in the world.

Ukraine: Analysis of US Military Aid to Ukraine since Feb. 24

Lalatendu Das - November 7, 2022. Published in The New Voice of Ukraine

In eight months, the United States has supplied mostly modern weapons worth more than $18 billion.

Taiwan: Developing Taiwan-Made US Weapons

Lalatendu Das - October 30, 2022. Published in Taipei Times

U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration is considering ways to jointly manufacture arms with Taiwan.

Russia: Politically Motivated Arms*

Robin Koerner - September 4, 2022. Published in Izvestia

[P]olicy ... has largely been outsourced to the anti-Russian lobby.

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