Top Stories 2021: Coast Guard December 29, 2021 6:35 PM This post is part of a series looking back at the top naval stories from 2021. The past year saw a…
SECNAV Del Toro Sounds Alarm Over Chinese Illegal Fishing December 16, 2021 6:58 PM Illegal and unreported fishing “is happening on an industrial scale” around the globe and the culprit often is China’s subsidized…
European Union Maintaining Uneasy Maritime Relationship with China, Admiral Says December 3, 2021 4:11 PM When the European Union assesses China’s behavior in the South China Sea, the 27 nations see a threat to their…
AUKUS Agreement Shows Recognition of China’s Military Power, Expert Says November 24, 2021 4:33 PM Australia has become “something of a test case” in China’s push to dominate the Indo-Pacific economically and militarily, the head…
Panel: Russia Conflicted by America’s Afghanistan Withdrawal September 22, 2021 2:16 PM Russia’s Afghanistan failures in the 1980s are driving the Kremlin’s thinking of how to deal with the Taliban and the…
Taiwanese Official Says Island’s Freedom Key to Stable Indo-Pacific August 17, 2021 8:23 PM - Updated: August 17, 2021 9:27 PM Taiwan needs to remind Washington of the island’s geostrategic role in maintaining a peaceful and stable Indo-Pacific, one of its…
Duckworth Calls for Closer Ties to Taiwan, More U.S. Vaccine Diplomacy August 10, 2021 3:44 PM The Taiwan Strait is a key route of trade and is as important as the Malacca Strait, between the Malay…
AFRICOM: U.S. Forces ‘Commuting to Work’ to Curb Rising Terror Threat in Somalia After Pullout July 1, 2021 3:32 PM After leaving Somalia in December, U.S. forces are “commuting to work” from other parts of Africa and Europe to combat…
Panel: Japan Needs More Offensive Firepower to Counter Chinese Ambitions April 6, 2021 9:41 AM The China Coast Guard’s aggressive behavior around the Senkaku islands, Beijing’s build-up of coastal military capabilities and this weekend’s transit…
Panel: Many U.S. Defense Spending Trends Based on What’s Happening in China, Russia February 26, 2021 12:24 PM Questions about China’s defense spending, programs and systems – and the Pentagon’s response – dominated a Wednesday House Appropriations defense…