Japan’s F-35s will confer air superiority

Japan’s procurement of a significant force of F-35s confers air superiority and maritime power projection

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Prospects for US foreign policy to end-2019

With an election coming next year, the administration will spend the second half seeking foreign policy wins

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Russia's involvement in Venezuela is partly political but partly about pragmatic energy acquisitions

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Bellicose rhetoric is rising among Iranian military officials while the United States has stepped up Gulf deployments

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Erdogan has few options to avoid a second election defeat in Istanbul; his problems are of his own making

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Despite a successful test recently, the US missile defence plan faces growing political and strategic challenges

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More people are now dying from violence in Zamfara and other north-western states than from Boko Haram attacks

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The armed forces have been under constant purge in order to fill them with Erdogan loyalists rooted in Islam

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Gulf states, notably the UAE and Saudi Arabia, have plans to promote indigenous arms manufacturing

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Moscow is introducing new weapons systems but there are clear limits on what it can afford to buy

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