Politics
Why Does South Korea Need an Aircraft Carrier?
Continuing the previous story, let’s talk about other military programs of South Korea that are not of a defensive nature. Since late 2020, the South Korean Navy has been pushing the project of adopting a light aircraft carrier with a 3,000-ton displacement, despite controversy over its effectiveness. As Yonhap News Agency reported, during a closed-door meeting...
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Pentagon Tries to Pretend that it's Engaged in "Harmless Activities" in Syria
At the behest of the new White House administration, the Pentagon, in the face of growing criticism of American military interventionism in the Middle East in recent years, has decided to adjust its image. This has become especially important for Washington now that public opinion not only in the United States, in Syria, but also in the UN...
Antony Blinken and Yang Jiechi had a "Talk" Over the Phone
The NEO has previously noted (and explained a certain turnaround in the new US administration's first contacts with the leadership of other major players in the key Indo-Pacific region. Japan, India, and China are among these contacts. This was the order of the first brief telephone conversations between the main actors in the Joe Biden administration (including...
