Northeast Asia / NEA
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Departments
Strategy of Denial
Dongkeun Lee/Republic of Korea Navy In the Indo-Pacific, navies play a major role in shaping a balance of power that generates deterrent effects. The roles and strategies of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) are crucial to this deterrence. When we think about power in international relations, it’s easy to imagine armies clashing on…
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Maritime Technology Competition
Strategic investments by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in naval technical expertise supported by military-civil fusion (MCF) programs and military public-private partnerships (PPP) are driving the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) advancements in maritime technology. Concerns are mounting among the United States and its Allies and Partners over the CCP’s rapid development of dual-use maritime technologies through MCF and PPPs. The…
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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 objectives, defeat enemy forces and consolidate gains on behalf of joint force commanders, according to the United States Army’s 2022 Field Manual Operations. This approach involves integrating and synchronizing operations…
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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 in the late 19th century, nearly a century before its modern constitution, supplanting the intervening military rule, proclaimed that “sovereign power resides with the people.” South Korean civil society, including…
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Defending Taiwan
Dr. Shale Horowitz/University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Taiwan’s survival as a democracy and free society is under imminent threat. While invasion and blockade are the greatest dangers, economic and political threats also demand attention. All are interdependent, and all require close and continuing cooperation among Japan, Taiwan, the United States, and other Allies and Partners. Over the past decade, significant progress has…
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Securing the Digital Future
FORUM Staff Modern warfare won’t be limited by borders or conventional military maneuvers. With computer keystrokes, skilled hackers can bring down telecommunications networks, water and sewage systems, airports, highways, hospitals, and other critical infrastructure in mere minutes, experts warn. In recent years, cyberattacks linked to the People’s Republic of China (PRC), in particular, have increased and Beijing has expanded its…
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Force multipliers for Stability
FORUM Staff Since the 1950s, the Korean Peninsula has simmered as a potential flashpoint in Northeast Asia. Tensions now threaten to boil over amid North Korea’s banned nuclear and ballistic weapons development and Russia’s illegal war against Ukraine. Conventional military forces form the bulk of the multinational integrated deterrence posture in South Korea, enabling stability, security and a strong economy.…
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Arctic Aggression
FORUM Staff The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is not an Arctic nation. Its northern border is nearly 1,500 kilometers from the Arctic Circle and even farther from the Arctic Ocean. Yet the PRC is encroaching upon the frozen region to control its vast resources and exploit the strategic location for economic and potentially military purposes. The PRC arbitrarily declared…
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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 security challenges. The region’s evolving and increasingly complex threats range from growing aggression by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to nuclear proliferation to potential climate impacts, especially for Nations…
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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 nations. The countries are major players in semiconductor and other technology industries, and their leaders envision a growing partnership on economic and security fronts. The Samsung venture, expected to open…
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