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Defining Sovereignty
Dr. John Hemmings/PACIFIC FORUM INTERNATIONAL Sovereignty is one of the most important concepts in international relations — perhaps as important as power for its central role in guiding state relations…
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Exercise in Strength
FORUM Staff When the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Russia touted their bilateral military drills in mid-2022 as evidence of a “no-limits” friendship, they may instead have unwittingly highlighted…
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Security Action
Fumio Kishida/Prime Minister, Japan | PHOTOS BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delivered this opening keynote address at the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore on June…
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Homegrown Defense
FORUM Staff With its MK44 Bushmaster 30 mm chain gun giving it a firing range of 3 kilometers, the Taiwan Army’s CM-34 Clouded Leopard can stalk an enemy across all…
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Targeted Training
Brig. Gen. Frederick Choo/Singapore Army Asmilitary professionals, I believe training is a topic that is dear to all of our hearts. Each and every one of us has gone through…
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Security Convergence
FORUM Staff Mutual security interests are aligning in the Indo-Pacific to form a shared security capacity that continues to grow. Although the region is not ready for an elaborate series…
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Cyberspace Freedom
FORUM Staff When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the internet in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) echoed the Chinese government’s noncommittal stance, declining to portray Moscow’s military assault…
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Sovereignty in Space
Forum STAFF The People’s Republic of China (PRC) fired off a letter to the United Nations in December 2021 complaining it had been forced to maneuver its newly occupied space…
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A Sovereignty Success Story
Five countries founded the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 1967: Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Brunei joined in 1984, followed by Vietnam in 1995, Laos and…
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Garuda Shield
Gusty Da Costa Airborne Soldiers descended from the sky in a synchronized pattern over the island of Sumatra in the Indonesian archipelago in early August 2022, landing in the rice…
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