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Largest Pacific Air Chiefs Symposium enhances competitive advantages for partners
Tech. Sgt. Nick Wilson/U.S. Pacific Air Forces Committed to a Free and Open Indo-Pacific, air chiefs and senior enlisted leaders convened for the Pacific Air Chiefs Symposium 2023 (PACS 23) at the United States Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) headquarters at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, from November 13-16. The symposium fosters regional security, stability, interoperability, leadership development and knowledge exchanges,…
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Russian attacks, withdrawal from grain deal signal ‘extreme’ inflation for PRC, threaten global food security
FORUM Staff Backing out of the Black Sea Grain Initiative in July 2023 signals Moscow’s willingness not only to weaponize the world’s food supplies but also to risk alienating supposed allies — including the People’s Republic of China (PRC) — as Russia persists in its unprovoked war against Ukraine. Under the now-defunct agreement, Russia eased a wartime blockade in the Black…
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Women build on legacy of defense, security, peacekeeping contributions
FORUM Staff Indian engineer Rajeshwari Chatterjee helped found her nation’s first microwave research lab in 1953. Her contributions to radar and antenna technology have defense applications more than 50 years later. Chemist Stephanie Kwolek, working for industrial chemistry giant DuPont in 1965, made a discovery that led to Kevlar, a fiber still used in body armor as well as to…
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PRC proves yet again that its ‘friendships’ have limits
FORUM Staff The People’s Republic of China (PRC) years ago promised Ukraine and the United Nations it would act against any countries that used or threatened to use nuclear weapons against Ukraine. Collaboration between the PRC and Russia, however, flies in the face of that commitment and calls into question other international commitments made by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).…
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Russia’s war on Ukraine triggers global market disruptions as uncertainty around Kremlin’s nuclear threats increases
FORUM Staff Russia’s unprovoked war on Ukraine has spurred additional disruptions to a worldwide supply chain still hampered by a global pandemic. And the Kremlin’s threat of using nuclear weapons could exacerbate the situation. “Disruptions caused by [Russia’s] invasion of Ukraine, the ensuing economic sanctions on Russia and its potential retaliation have severely affected global markets,” according to an August…
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Putin’s nuclear rhetoric could increase threat to Indo-Pacific, undermine region’s deterrence strategy
FORUM Staff Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s irresponsible rhetoric on the use of nuclear weapons could change nuclear stakes in the Indo-Pacific. Since Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Putin has continued his open threats of nuclear war, refusing to rule out a nuclear strike and pledging September 21, 2022, for example, that Russia “possesses various means of destruction ……
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Russian brinkmanship imperils Ukraine’s nuclear power plants
FORUM Staff The risk of a nuclear disaster at Europe’s largest nuclear plant in Ukraine remains high six months after Russian forces captured the plant, according to international experts. Other nuclear plants in Ukraine are also in jeopardy, as a Russian missile struck within 300 meters of the Pivdennoukrainsk plant in southern Ukraine on September 19, 2022, The Associated Press…
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Japan to develop longer-range missiles to counter PRC, Russia
Reuters Japan will develop and mass produce a cruise missile and a high-velocity ballistic missile as it seeks the ability to strike more distant targets as part of a military expansion aimed at meeting threats from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Russia, officials announced in late August 2022. The procurement plan unveiled in the Japanese Defense Ministry’s annual…
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Russia, PRC perpetuate atrocities through arms
FORUM Staff Russia and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) remain staunch allies of the Myanmar junta and have enabled the rogue military regime to maintain control of the Southeast Asia country since a February 2021 coup. Myanmar’s two powerful neighbors have offered military and political support while advocates of the nation’s ousted democratic government protest the takeover, often with…
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Russian stance on Ukraine war usurps G-20 presidency’s bid for unity at summit
FORUM Staff Group of 20 efforts to unite member states stalled during a two-day meeting of foreign ministers in July 2022, largely because of Russia’s refusal to end the war in Ukraine. However, some progress was made to diffuse tensions, according to some meeting participants. The United States and Western allies sought to pressure Russia at the talks over its…
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