Japan Aircraft Scrambled Fewer Times in FY 2023 Compared to FY 2022
Japan Air Self-Defense Force aircraft scrambled fewer times against foreign aircraft during Fiscal Year 2023 compared to FY 2022, according to Japan’s Joint Staff Office. …
U.S. Indo-Pacific Diplomacy Efforts Hinge On FONOPS, Humanitarian Missions
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Navy’s stepped-up freedom of navigation transits in the South China Sea sends an unmistakable message to…
U.S. Navy Has Been Shut Out of Hong Kong Since July
This post was updated with additional information about USS McCampbell (DDG-85), which in August was denied permission to visit the…
Report to Congress on Changes in the Arctic
The following is the Nov. 27, 2019, Congressional Research Service report, Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress.…
Report: U.S. Shoulders Steep Price to Protect Merchant Ships in Strait Of Hormuz
The Navy pays a steep price keeping an aircraft carrier with escorts on station to deter attacks on oil tanker…
Report to Congress on U.S.-China Competition in the South, East China Seas
The following is the Nov. 26, 2019 Congressional Research Service report, U.S.-China Strategic Competition in South and East China Seas:…
Panel: South Korean Officials Concerned with ‘Ad Hoc’ U.S. Policy
WASHINGTON — South Koreans increasingly wonder whether the White House’s transactional approach to foreign relations means the United States will…
China’s Coast Guard Enforcing Its Blue Water Territorial Expansion
CORRECTION: Due to an editing error, this post has been updated to change the attribution of opinions in several paragraphs…
Report to Congress on U.S. Role in the World
The following is Nov. 8, 2019 Congressional Research Service report, U.S. Role in the World: Background and Issues for Congress.…
Official: Australia Committed to U.S. Partnership as Relationship with Beijing Grows More Complex
No country, including the United States, is capable of going it alone, trying to meet the economic and military challenges…
Heritage Index Rates Navy, Marines ‘Marginal’ In Ability to Counter Current Threats
The Navy and the Marine Corps have been assessed as “marginal” in their ability to meet the challenges from rival…