Welcome to SOFREP’s morning brief! Begin your Tuesday informed with the latest defense and global affairs stories for May 27, 2025.

Southeast Asian nations held a tripartite summit Tuesday with China and six Persian Gulf countries in efforts to expand ...

How committed is President Donald Trump to deterring conflict in Asia? The White House’s actions haven’t synced with its ...

Following an underwhelming electoral return, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is likely to lean all the more heavily on his ...

The Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore will focus on uncertainties over U.S. defense policies, the Ukraine war, and ...

Uncertainties over the Trump administration's security policies in Asia and Europe, the protracted war in Ukraine as well as ...

The governments of Japan, the United States, Australia and the Philippines are preparing to hold a defense ministerial ...

Southeast Asian leaders will express deep concern over US President Donald Trump's tariff blitz when they meet at a summit ...

At his first NATO summit, Secretary-General Mark Rutte will try to keep Donald Trump onside, Ukraine out of the spotlight, ...

As part of a broader policy realignment, this office would be merged into the Pentagon's Europe and NATO office, reducing its ...

Rather than resume nuclear testing, the Trump administration ought to strive to revive the moribund arms control regime.