The following is the June 11, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, North Korea: Legislative Basis for U.S. Economic Sanctions. Read More
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Experts Predict ‘Long, Rough Ride’ for Future U.S.-Russia Relations
Kremlin
Russia’s view of foreign policy – a zero sum game with the West — is unlikely to change when the new administration takes office in January, an expert in Kremlin affairs said Thursday. Read More
Senator Warns That Russia Should be Key Concern for Next Secretary of State
Ranking Senate Foreign Relations Committee Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.)
The ranking member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee warned the incoming Trump administration to be very mindful of what Russia is doing all across Europe and in Syria when it chooses a nominee to be Secretary of State. Read More
U.S. Foreign Military Sales Growing in Volume, Complexity
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Foreign military sales by the United States are growing because its products are considered well-made and reliable, but it is a complicated area not only involving foreign governments but various departments inside the American government and Congress having to sign off on those agreements. Read More
Cobra Gold 2016 Starts With Lower U.S. Troop Totals, Emphasis on Non-Combat Missions
U.S. Marines infiltrate the beach head during Cobra Gold 2014. US Marine Corps Photo
The annual Thai-U.S. Cobra Gold 2016 exercise will kick off Tuesday with lower troop totals than last year and an emphasis on non-combat training. Read More
Cobra Gold 2016 Exercise Scheduled for Early February
Sailors and Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit step off Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 165 at Koh Phangan, Thailand in 2013. US Marine Corps Photo
The longstanding, decades-old bilateral exercise between U.S. and Thai forces is scheduled to kick off early next month, despite ongoing military rule in Thailand, according to a release this week from U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific. Read More
Report: Chinese Navy Warship Rammed Two Vietnamese Fishing Vessels
An undated photo of a Chinese Type Yuting II Type 072A tank landing ship (LST). PLAN Photo
A People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) amphibious warship allegedly rammed two Vietnamese fishing vessels operating near the disputed Spratly Islands in July, according to local press cited in an Office of Naval Intelligence threat to shipping report. Read More
Document: New U.S.-Japan Defense Guidelines
The following is the April 27, 2015 Guidelines for U.S.-Japan Defense Cooperation. Read More
Opinion: Playing Deal or No Deal with Iran
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif as he arrives at a hotel in Vienna, Austria, on July 14, 2014, for a second day of meetings about the future of his country’s nuclear program. US State Dept. Photo
The Art of War says “Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never be in peril.” Forty-seven members of the U.S. Senate seemed to have forgotten this timeless truth from the ancient war theorist Sun Tzu. Examining how well we know the enemy (Iran), and how well we know ourselves, is always a good place to start before taking actions that many believe are setting a course for war. Read More
Thai Military Chief Denies U.S. Scaling Back Cobra Gold 2015 Exercise Due to Military Coup
Troops train during the Cobra Gold 2013 bilateral Thai-U.S. exercise on Feb. 14, 2014. US Navy Photo
The head of Thailand’s military is denying the U.S. is scaling back its participation in the more than 30-year-old multi-national Cobra Gold 2015 military exercise in Thailand, despite the military ouster of a civilian-led government in May. Read More
