Northeast Asia / NEA
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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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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 to Ukraine. Though it provides humanitarian and other assistance to Ukraine, the nation Russia invaded, South Korea has not supplied lethal weapons to Ukraine because Russia is a North Korea…
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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 Open Indo-Pacific include investing in secure and resilient technology ecosystems that enhance shared values. The U.S. also continues supporting its Allies and Partners’ defense and security capabilities to bolster regional…
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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 safe, secure and open sea passages. USINDOPACOM coordinated the campaign with other U.S. combatant commands (COCOM) and like-minded Allies and Partners using routine operations across the globe to demonstrate defense…
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Across The Region
Allies Look to Boost Tracking of North Korean Missiles
The Republic of Korea (ROK) and United States militaries want to bolster their combined tracking of North Korean missile launches, an effort that also may involve Japan, U.S. Space Force officials said in August 2023. The allies see space integration as key to tracking North Korean threats and responding to a conflict. The U.S. Space Force component in South Korea,…
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