China Criticizes U.S. P-8A Surveillance Flight Through Taiwan Strait
China criticized a U.S. Navy surveillance flight through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday.…
Senate Confirms Grady to Serve as Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Adm. Christopher Grady to serve as the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.…
SECNAV Del Toro Sounds Alarm Over Chinese Illegal Fishing
Illegal and unreported fishing “is happening on an industrial scale” around the globe and the culprit often is China’s subsidized…
USS Connecticut Pulls Into San Diego After Surface Transit From Guam
This story has been updated to include a statement from a spokesperson for Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet. Attack submarine…
New National Defense Strategy Must Focus on Competing ‘Where It Makes Sense,’ Pentagon Official Says
A key point in the new National Defense Strategy will be the recognition that “we have to compete only where…
Eliminating ‘Risk Aversion’ Key to Weapons Development, Says Vice Chair Nominee Grady
Fear of failure is keeping the U.S. from developing weapon systems to keep up with China and Russia, the nominee…
Luria: Sending Japan-based USS Ronald Reagan to Middle East ‘Biggest Strategic’ Mistake in a Lifetime
Dispatching the Navy’s Japan-based forward-deployed aircraft carrier to the Middle East earlier this year to bolster the withdrawal from Afghanistan…
SECDEF Austin Warns of ‘Enormous’ Effects of Potential Year-Long Continuing Resolution
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is warning Congress that an extended stopgap bill to keep the government funded would have “enormous”…
Cyber Presence Operations Key to Pentagon’s Gray Zone Conflict with China
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday believes the best way to counter Chinese gray zone cyber operations is to…
European Union Maintaining Uneasy Maritime Relationship with China, Admiral Says
When the European Union assesses China’s behavior in the South China Sea, the 27 nations see a threat to their…
Document: COVID-19 and the International Security Environment
The following is the Dec. 3, 2021 Congressional Research Service report, COVID-19: Potential Implications for International Security Environment—Overview of Issues…