Russia expects "maximum responsibility and restraint" from all sides in dealing with North Korea's latest threat to attack the United States, Grigory Logvinov, Russia's deputy envoy to the six-party talks, said March 30, AFP reported.
Defense spending by Asian countries surpassed European defense spending for the first time in 2012, highlighting the significant military
modernization efforts many East Asian countries are undertaking. Stratfor is tracking key security and military trends throughout the
region, including increasing Chinese defense capabilities, Japanese military normalization and maritime tensions in the crowded Western Pacific.
