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Stepping Up
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Contemplations
Earthquake Monitors Track Space Junk Through sonic booms
The Associated Press As more space junk comes crashing down, a study shows how earthquake monitors can better track incoming objects by tuning in to their sonic booms. When a discarded module from a Chinese crew capsule reentered Earth’s atmosphere over Southern California in 2024, the sonic booms generated seismic readings. Scientists used those readings to place the object’s path…
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Responsible Partner
FORUM Staff In a time of rapidly evolving security challenges, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is navigating complex traditional and nontraditional threats while expanding and reinforcing partnerships across the Indo-Pacific and beyond. After becoming AFP chief of staff in July 2023, Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. led the multidomain transformation and overseen an expansive military modernization that has positioned…
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Removing Barriers, Sharing Solutions
Lt. Col. Kevin M. Wheeler/U.S. Marine Corps Promoting peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific hinges on strategic depth. Resilient relationships are born of shared visions and coupled with interoperable strategies able to adapt as conditions change. Plans must be designed not for short, intense skirmishes but for prolonged struggles over influence, access and values. A mindset that prioritizes long-term coalition…
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Features
Environmental Exploitation and Deception
FORUM Staff Beijing has increasingly attempted to brand itself as a global leader in protecting the environment and providing clean energy and sustainable development. Yet underneath that propaganda lies a dark reality: China is exporting some of its worst environmental practices to developing nations through aggressive investments and resource-extraction campaigns, especially in critical minerals and raw-material industries. The result: widespread…
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Features
A New Era of Cooperation
FORUM Staff In an increasingly contested orbital environment, the United States Space Force is augmenting its approach to space security and defense cooperation. With the release of its 2025 International Partnership Strategy, in support of U.S. Department of War (DOW) objectives, the Space Force has built a strategic vision on collaboration, interoperability and shared responsibility among the U.S. and its…
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Features
Acquiring Deep Skill
Tai Prohaska/United States Pacific Multi-Domain Training and Experimentation Capability In the Indo-Pacific, where distance and dynamic threats demand unparalleled readiness, the United States’ Pacific Multi-Domain Training and Experimentation Capability (PMTEC) empowers warfighters to cultivate mastery through realistic, multidomain training environments. Established in 2022, PMTEC is funded and resourced by the U.S. Pacific Command (US PACOM) to enhance joint, combined and…
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Features
Fighting Disruption, Destabilization
Forum Staff Manipulated information campaigns threaten security by exploiting communication systems to undermine trust in social, political and strategic domains. False narratives in Myanmar, for example, included hate speech insisting Muslim minority Rohingya communities didn’t belong in the country and accusations they were burning their own villages amid a 2017 government crackdown on insurgent groups. The social media-stoked violence left…
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Features
Code Security
Yeo Seow Peng/Association of Southeast Asian Nations Defence Ministers’ Meeting Cybersecurity and Information Centre of Excellence The digital revolution has transformed Southeast Asia over the past two decades and delivered unprecedented economic opportunities. The region’s digital economy, projected to reach $1 trillion by 2030, demonstrates how advancement in technology and connectivity boosts its economies. With more than 560 million internet…
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Features
Road Map for Success
Col. Dave Butler/U.S. Army Pacific The United States Army Pacific’s (USARPAC) Operation Pathways encompasses multinational exercises, rotational deployments and training engagements to maintain U.S. forces in a forward posture, ready to respond to an array of contingencies. Operation Pathways is a cornerstone in reinforcing alliances and enhancing interoperability with key regional partners. By training for humanitarian assistance and crisis scenarios,…
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