Features
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Understanding the ROK-U.S. Alliance’s Ironclad Commitment
Lt. Col. Alexander S. Park/Army National Guard of the United States The Republic of Korea (ROK)-United States alliance has long been a pillar of stability for the Korean Peninsula and…
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Indo-Pacific Strategy Update
FORUM Staff The United States has made significant progress in implementing its dynamic strategy to modernize long-standing alliances, strengthen existing and emerging partnerships, and forge innovative networks to address pressing…
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Transregional Commitments to the Indo-Pacific
Forum Staff With deepening power competition, population shifts and growing economies in the Indo-Pacific, global stakeholders are refining, and in many cases expanding, their strategic investments and presence in the…
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Collective Security
FORUM Staff A plan by South Korea-based Samsung to build a more than $220 million research and development facility near Yokohama, Japan, exemplifies an upswing in cooperation between the Indo-Pacific…
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Responsibly Spreading Arms
FORUM Staff South Korea’s defense industry is manufacturing rocket launchers, tanks, howitzers, fighter jets and other military equipment to backfill depleted arsenals of mostly Western countries that supply arms directly…
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Common Ground
Forum Staff The United States and its Allies and Partners are doubling down on efforts to reinforce peace and stability throughout the Indo-Pacific. Collective measures for ensuring a Free and…
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Space Defense Partnerships
APOGEE STAFF Starting with Australia in 2013, the United States Department of Defense (DOD) has signed deals with more than 30 nations to share information about what’s up there circling…
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Freedom of the Seas
FORUM Staff The United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) conducted a regional campaign supporting a Combined Joint All-Domain Operations (CJADO) effort throughout the past year to ensure economic prosperity worldwide via…
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Side by Side
In mid-2023, the tents and trailers at the Australian Defence Force’s Townsville Field Training Area in northeast Queensland became temporary homes to troops from around the world — a place to…
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Securing Papua New Guinea’s Future
Tom Abke The security challenges facing Papua New Guinea (PNG) have evolved in recent decades, according to Elias Wohengu, PNG’s foreign affairs secretary. Thirty years ago, the threat of climate…
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