Politics • Page 20 of 34 • The Defense Post

Mar- 2019 -

5 March

Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force Su-35 fighter jet

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Philippines doesn’t want to be dragged into war in South China Sea, Lorenzana says

The decades-old US-Philippines defense treaty needs to be revamped, or risks dragging Manila into a war with China, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said

4 March

Staff Writer With AFP

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Russia suspends participation in INF missile treaty

President Vladimir Putin suspended Russia's participation in a key Cold War-era arms treaty, after the US first moved to ditch the INF

1 March

India Air Force Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman

Staff Writer With AFP

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Indian Air Force pilot returns from Pakistan as violence rages in Kashmir

An Indian Air Force pilot detained in Pakistan after being shot down in an aerial engagement with Pakistan Air Force aircraft returned to India

Feb- 2019 -

22 February

General Mark A. Welsh, III, 20th Chief of Staff of the US Air Force, addresses faculty, staff and students

David Murphy

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Chick-fil-Aism at the Academy? A message to future Air Force leaders.

Part of the challenge of growing into leadership is understanding and embracing those who hold ideologies, views, and even morality different than your own

18 February

Jared Szuba

Alliance between SDF and Syrian regime is “very far away,” senior Kurdish official Salih Muslim says

Senior Kurdish politician Salih Muslim said a military partnership between the SDF and the Assad government is “very far away” and will depend on a negotiated political solution

4 February

Michelle Bentley

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US withdrawal from INF treaty fires the starting pistol on a new arms race

Withdrawal from the Cold War intermediate-range nuclear missile limitation treaty serves under-pressure US President Donald Trump in several ways, Dr Michelle Bentley argues

1 February

Staff Writer With AFP

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US to pull out of Cold War INF missile treaty, Trump says

US President Donald Trump said the US was withdrawing from the Cold War INF missile treaty with Russia, saying Moscow was in violation

Jan- 2019 -

25 January

Generals Mazlum Kobane and Paul E. Funk meet

Staff Writer With AFP

SDF’s ‘special status’ should be preserved in Syria political settlement, commander says

Mazloum Kobane, commander of the SDF spearheading the battle against ISIS, said the force's "special status" should be preserved in talks with the Damascus government

17 January