The U.S. national security community is increasingly focused on threats emanating from the Indo-Pacific. Threat Status at The Washington Times delivers daily and big-picture coverage of the region — from China's expanding military to high-stakes economic and technology developments and the plight of democracy among America's allies.
President Trump says Nvidia, the highly valuable chipmaker, will not provide its advanced Blackwell chips to China as the world’s largest economies vie to become the leaders in the artificial intelligence race.
HANOI, Vietnam - Resolving cases of missing Americans from the Vietnam War remains a top priority of the Trump administration, and the Pentagon also is taking steps to find Vietnam’s missing troops, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Sunday.
President Trump fiercely pushed back on Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer’s criticism of his trip to Asia, saying the New York Democrat’s comments are “almost treasonous.”
President Trump said he has secured trade deals with China after meeting Thursday with Chinese President Xi Jinping in a high-stakes summit aimed at reducing tensions between the world’s two largest economies.
A forthcoming national defense strategy will keep the Pentagon’s main focus on threats from Communist China in addition to placing a new emphasis on homeland and Western Hemisphere defenses, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said.
President Trump said Thursday the U.S. would lower its fentanyl-related tariffs on Chinese goods after Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to delay rare earth restrictions for at least a year.
U.S. intelligence agencies are casting doubt on North Korea’s recent assertions of building ultra high-speed maneuvering missiles, a senior defense official said.
President Trump described his face-to-face with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday as a roaring success, saying he would cut tariffs on China, while Beijing had agreed to allow the export of rare earth elements and start buying American soybeans.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday said China’s large-scale military buildup and aggressive actions pose a “severe” threat to the U.S. and its key ally Japan.
President Trump landed in South Korea for a state visit and a packed summit with South Korean President Lee Jae-myung Wednesday in the southeastern city of Gyeongju. In talks, the two leaders added detail to a complex trade deal, while Mr. Lee asked Mr. Trump about South Korea acquiring nuclear-powered submarines.
China is purchasing its first cargoes of soybeans from U.S. farmers this year, a major development for American growers on the cusp of President Trump’s major sit-down with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
President Trump wanted South Korea to invest $350 billion in the American economy. So far, he’s settling for a gold medal and a crown.
North Korea said Wednesday that it has conducted successful cruise missile tests, the latest display of its growing military capabilities and one that comes while U.S. President Trump visits South Korea.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley is calling on three major tax-exempt groups to respond to reports as to whether their money have been funneled to the Chinese Communist Party.
The Threat Status team takes a deeper look at what the defense industry is doing to meet the demand to keep our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines equipped with the latest technology.
The number of people fleeing from Myanmar to Thailand after Myanmar’s military shut down a major online scam center has slowed to a trickle, a Thai regional army commander said Tuesday, after more than 1,500 had left in the past week.
Newly appointed Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and U.S. President Trump appear to have gotten along famously in their first meeting Tuesday in Japan. The two inked a partnership deal on strategic materials and discussed Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth received an intelligence briefing in Hawaii from the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command that focused on threats to the region posed by China and other adversaries.
China’s “reunification” slogan is a hoax sustained by fear, ideology and deception.
Since the Monroe Doctrine, America’s power and prosperity have been underpinned by our security in our own hemisphere.
In the latest in a series of Indo-Pacific meetings, traveling U.S. President Trump was greeted by Emperor Naruhito at Tokyo’s Imperial Palace Monday as he arrived in Japan on a state visit.
Chinese security agents swept through cities from Beijing to the coast this month, raiding the Zion Church network and detaining its founder, pastor Jin “Ezra” Mingri.
President Trump said he would be willing to extend his Asia trip if North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un wanted to meet him.
China condemned America’s “disruption to regional peace and stability” on Monday, just hours after a U.S. Navy helicopter and fighter jet crashed into the South China Sea.
China’s ambition to challenge Boeing and Airbus with its own homegrown passenger jet is running into turbulence, with deliveries of finished aircraft likely to fall far short of its target announced for this year.
President Trump arrived on Monday in Japan where new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is banking on building a friendly personal relationship with the U.S. leader to ease trade tensions.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will depart this week on an official trip to Asia aimed at bolstering security partnerships with regional leaders amid mounting trade and military tensions with China.
They call it a trade war for a reason, and the latest chapter in this seemingly endless saga has hit full tilt.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Sunday that he has reached a “very substantial framework” with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng on a deal aimed at easing trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies.
North Korean soldiers based inside Russia’s Kursk region are coordinating reconnaissance operations and military strikes in Ukraine, marking the first example of Pyongyang directly supporting Moscow’s war in sovereign Ukrainian territory, British officials said Friday.
ILSAN, South Korea — A dramatic, viral clip of a “near-death” moment has become one of the most chilling pieces of footage to emerge from the Ukraine War.
China provided more than $530 million to top-ranked American universities in recent years, but the schools failed to disclose how the funds were spent, prompting concerns about foreign influence, according to an open-source intelligence report.
President Trump leaves Washington on Friday for a whirlwind tour of Asia with an ambitious to-do list of high-stakes meetings, including with Chinese President Xi Jinping, that could reshape a global economy grappling with his reordering of trade relations.
President Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of an Asian summit in South Korea next week, the White House said Thursday, confirming a sit-down that could resolve trade tensions between the world’s largest economies.
North Korea said Thursday that its latest missile tests involved a new hypersonic system aimed at strengthening its nuclear war deterrent, as leader Kim Jong-un continues to build up weapons designed to overwhelm South Korea defenses.
China’s ruling Communist Party said Thursday it will focus on speeding up self-reliance in science and technology, a long-running push that has become more pronounced as the U.S. has imposed increasingly tight controls on access to semiconductors and other high-tech items.
One of the hottest tickets in military and policy circles focused on China affairs these days are four sets of playing cards featuring senior Chinese Communist Party leaders and People’s Liberation Army generals and admirals, military weapons and organizations.
President Trump disclosed this week that talks with China could result in some type of deal on Taiwan, an unofficial U.S. ally facing the prospect of a Chinese military takeover.
Millions of tons of discarded electronics from the United States are being shipped overseas, much of it to developing countries in Southeast Asia unprepared to safely handle hazardous waste, according to a new report by an environmental watchdog.
Japan’s parliament voted in its first female prime minister Tuesday, but neither liberals nor feminists are applauding the triumph of archconservative Sanae Takaichi.
In Washington’s crowded foreign policy agenda, the South Caucasus rarely draws sustained attention.
Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi, 64, looks set - finally - to be voted in as the country’s first-ever female prime minister Tuesday after securing a last-minute partnership with an opposition party.
Australia will be a major source of the rare earths being withheld by China, President Trump said Monday during a visit by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
South Korea is increasingly hopeful it can reach a trade deal with the U.S. before a major Asian summit in Gyeongju at the end of the month.
Authorities are seeking to formally arrest most of the 64 South Koreans repatriated from Cambodia for allegedly working for online scam organizations in Cambodia, police said Monday.
One of China’s most important meetings begins Monday, as leader Xi Jinping and other ruling Communist Party elites gather to map the goals for the next five years.
China on Sunday accused the U.S. National Security Agency of carrying out cyberattacks on its national time center following an investigation, saying any damage to related facilities could have disrupted network communications, financial systems and power supply.
