Features
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Critical Conduits
FORUM Staff Even as the world plunged into war, Direction Island seemed a strange destination for a German landing party in November 1914. Part of the largely uninhabited Cocos atoll…
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Super Garuda Shield 2024
FORUM Staff Concealed in the holds of Indonesian and Singaporean ships off the Java coast, Allied and Partner military forces braced to assault a mock enemy outpost in a field…
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Land Power Key for Multidomain Success
FORUM Staff | Photos by AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE DEPARTMENT Lt. Gen. Simon Stuart assumed command of the Australian Army on July 2, 2022, about 35 years after he enlisted as a…
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A Multidomain Approach to Defense
Lt. Gen. Simon Stuart/Australian Army Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Simon Stuart delivered this speech at the Land Forces Pacific conference, hosted by the Association of the United States Army…
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A Fijian Land Force Perspective
Brig. Gen. Onisivoro Covunisaqa/Land Force Commander, Republic of Fiji Military Forces Fiji is a small island nation in the Southwest Pacific Ocean. We are surrounded by water. Our livelihoods are…
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Integrated Deterrence
Lt. Gen. (Ret.) In-Bum Chun/Republic of Korea Army Multidomain operations are defined as the combined arms employment of joint and Army capabilities to create and exploit relative advantages that achieve…
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Island Security
FORUM Staff Papua New Guinea (PNG) celebrates the 50th anniversary of its independence from Australia on September 16, 2025. Buildings will be draped in the national colors of red, black…
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Free, Open, Prosperous
Indo-Pacific populations have woven democratic norms — including transparent, accountable and inclusive governance under the rule of law — into the region’s cultural fabric. Japan established its first representative government…
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Stronger Together
FORUM Staff Sri Lanka’s emergence from its economic crisis demonstrates the growing ability of Indo-Pacific partners to collectively accomplish herculean tasks in short order. The Indian Ocean nation was reeling…
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Timeline of the United States Indo-Pacific Command
RANA LYNN KENNEDY/COMMAND HISTORIAN Since its founding in 1947, the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) has maintained an enduring presence in the region and a consistent strategy for building alliances and…
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