Southeast Asia
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Free and Open Indo-Pacific/FOIP
ASEAN schedules first multilateral maritime exercise for September
Gusty Da Costa The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) seeks to build peaceful cooperation and solidarity and to strengthen interoperability among armed forces of its member states during a multilateral maritime exercise, its first such drill, planned for September 18-25, 2023. Initiated by Indonesia, the exercise promotes the Indo-Pacific as a region of peace and cooperation rather than one…
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Partnerships
ASEAN-India Maritime Exercise stresses cooperation, interoperability
FORUM Staff The leaders of the Indian and Singaporean navies, Adm. R. Hari Kumar, pictured, and Rear Adm. Sean Wat, launched the first Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-India Maritime Exercise (AIME-23) at Changi Naval Base, Singapore, in early May 2023. The weeklong exercise provided an opportunity for the Indian Navy and ASEAN navies to work together and improve interoperability,…
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Key Issues
CARAT/MAREX 2022 enhances Indonesia-U.S. partnership
FORUM Staff The Indonesian and United States militaries demonstrated the strength of their maritime partnerships and interoperability during the Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT)/Marine Exercise (MAREX) Indonesia 2022 in December. The nations’ naval and marine forces began the bilateral maritime exercise December 7 in Surabaya, Indonesia. “Our navies have been maintaining a strong bilateral relationship over decades,” said Rear…
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Asymmetric Threats
Countering Nontraditional Security Threats
Nations must create strong partnerships to face evolving regional challenges
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Global Commons
U.S. advances land mine removals, improving lives, security across Indo-Pacific
FORUM Staff Royal Thai Armed Forces and United States Marine Corps personnel began training on explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) in mid-November 2022 at the Thailand Mine Action Center (TMAC) in Ratchaburi. Along with strengthening bonds between Thai and U.S. troops, the joint effort to train 18 TMAC students is part of the U.S. Defense Department’s Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA) program,…
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Key Issues
Indo-Pacific military forces train in realistic settings in Hawaii
FORUM Staff Simulating battlefield conditions helps ensure readiness of multinational forces preparing for a crisis or conflict. That was the purpose of Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center (JPMRC) Rotation 23-01 in Hawaii, featuring more than 6,350 military personnel from Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and the United States. Observers from a half-dozen other Indo-Pacific nations — Bangladesh, Brunei, Malaysia, Mongolia,…
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