The “Stop the War! Okinawa–Western Japan Network” is a coalition formed in February 2025 by 30 organizations and individuals across 14 prefectures—including Okinawa, Kyushu, Chugoku, Shikoku, and Kansai—who came together to build nationwide solidarity in opposition to the Japanese government’s forcible push to militarize the country, such as through the domestic deployment of long‑range missiles and the construction of large ...

NATO members currently discuss on their summit the NATO 2030 Strategy, which is supposed to answer “strategic rivalry” with Russia and China. Asian giants on the other side of the planet meanwhile have started an important military exercise, which might be considered an answer. The Iranian and Russian militaries have kicked off a joint naval drill in the Indian Ocean ...