The following is the Oct. 5, 2018, Congressional Research Service report, Russian Compliance with the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
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Report to Congress on U.S.-Canada Relations
Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis meets with Canada’s Minister of Defense Harjit Sajjan May 22, 2017, at the Pentagon. DoD Photo
The following is the June 14, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, Canada-U.S. Relations. Read More
Overview to Congress on Arms Control Treaties
The following is the May 8, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, Arms Control and Nonproliferation: A Catalog of Treaties and Agreements. Read More
Report to Congress on Russian Compliance with the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
The following is the April 24, 2018 Congressional Researsh Service Report, Russian Compliance with the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty: Background and Issues for Congress Read More
Panel: Cooperation, Not Conflict Key to Future of the Arctic
The Coast Guard Cutter Healy and crew make way towards the Alaska Steamship Dock in Juneau, Alaska, Nov. 14, 2017. US Coast Guard Phoro
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Arctic is not a set of obstacles to be conquered but a region where nations should cooperate, a panel of international maritime experts at Monday’s 2018 Sea Air Space exposition said on Monday. Read More
Panel: Taiwan Looking More to Japan, U.S. for Economic, Security Support
Maintaining Taiwan’s security against Beijing’s saber rattling and economic coercion is very high on Japan’s and the United States’ list of priorities, maritime experts agreed on Monday speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Read More
New U.S., Chinese MIlitary Communications Agreement Follows Years of Naval Engagement
Creating a means for quickly de-escalating tense operations is the goal of a recently signed communications agreement between military leaders from the United States and China. Read More
Old Treaties Called Into Question as Arctic Competition Increases
Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Hampton (SSN-757) during Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2016. US Navy Photo
The rapidly changing Arctic region will open opportunities for everything from expanded fisheries to shorter trade routes and possible militarization, and the consensus from a panel of speakers is that these upcoming changes will require new international maritime agreements that may make obsolete existing maritime pacts. Read More
Officials: Multilateral Effort Needed to Curb North Korean Cyber, Nuclear Threat
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a test-fire of a strategic submarine underwater ballistic missile in 2015. KCNA Photo
North Korea’s continued testing of nuclear weapons and expanded submarine-launched ballistic missiles threaten not only the South Korea, United States forces on the peninsula, and Japan but the global community, one of Seoul’s senior defense acquisition planners told a Washington forum Monday. Read More
Document: 2016 U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission Report
The following is the 2016 Report to Congress of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission that was released this month. Read More
