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U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby's Southeast Asia tour was undermined by the U.S. government's other actions, which raised questions about the credibility of his message.
The US has reduced its joint military exercises with South Korea, citing the country's failure to help combat Iran and President Trump's 'very good relationship' with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
China's expanding economic security toolkit is countering Western trade and financial restrictions, putting foreign companies in a bind between complying with Western sanctions and facing legal exposure in China.
Pope Leo XIV's encyclical challenges the relevance of just war theory in the age of artificial intelligence and autonomous weapons, but experts argue that the theory requires an update rather than retirement.