Japan wants to lift the WWII-era limits on its military size, and the Philippines is all in favor. Meanwhile, China updated its official map to include the disputed islands in the South China Sea.

Laos is starting construction on a set of dams on the Mekong, angering its neighbors and threatening to draw China and the U.S. into another southeast Asian water battleground.

From new fighter jets to drones, China’s air force is quickly gaining on the West.

Modi seems intent on putting a more muscular India in the middle of the Game of Thrones in East Asia. He’s already deepening Delhi’s relationship with China’s rivals: Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, and others.

China and Vietnam’s battle over the South China Sea heralds seismic developments in East Asian geopolitics.

The head of Thailand’s putsch, who has been described as “ruthless,” says he will reign “indefinitely.”

Thailand’s coup could have a potentially seismic effect on Asia’s geopolitical order.

With anti-China riots continuing in Vietnam and China starting to build on a remote reef near the Philippines, things are getting hot in the South China Sea.

Today Obama signed a ten-year defense treaty with the Philippines. Amid ongoing Chinese aggression in the region, it’s not just Manila that will be heartened by Washington’s increased Pacific presence.

Shinzo Abe’s visit to the Yasukuni Shrine and China’s seizure of a Japanese ship over a 1930s-era debt have heated up the region in advance of President Obama’s visit.