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Washington Takes a Stand in the South China Sea

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In 2020, a senior U.S. government official used blunt language to publicly accuse Beijing of making unlawful maritime claims, and Washington finally began punishing companies that assist in China’s illegal island building.

) of the Philippines or on its continental shelf. He called Beijing's harassment of Philippine fishing and offshore energy development activities "unlawful" and went on to identify other examples of China's ... states’ fishing or hydrocarbon development in these waters — or to carry out such activities unilaterally — is unlawful. This statement was followed the next day by a forceful speech in which Assistant ... possess no territorial sea or EEZ. A fourth objective was to adopt as its own the Obama administration’s hard line against military base development on Scarborough Shoal. In early 2016, Scarborough

The US Advances its Pacific Partnership Strategy in Micronesia

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April Herlevi examines recent agreements between the US and Pacific Island nations and how they fit into the country’s Pacific Partnership Strategy.

Agency for International Development, funding digital connectivity, and initiating at least 20 other programs . Concluding the COFA negotiations enhances US credibility in the region and serves ... into force. Then, once they have been approved, funds for the agreements and for federal programs will need to be appropriated. According to a State Department press release , “Additional negotiations ... the bipartisan Indo-Pacific Task Force . The task force will coordinate with both the Freely Associated States (FAS) and territories in the Pacific. According to their announcement in The Hill , “The task force’s

The U.S. is Close to a Deal with the Taliban: What’s Next?

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Last Friday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Twitter that the United States had officially "come to an understanding with the Taliban on a significant reduction in violence across Afghanistan."

the Stability and Development Program. Schroden is an expert on the Marine Corps, special operations forces, terrorism/counterterrorism, indigenous force development, security force assistance, foreign ... with a representative group of Afghans that includes members of the government. Pompeo called this development, “an important step on a long road to peace” — an apt way of describing the situation, since

Dr. Nolan Noble on Games for Information Warfare Training

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CNA wargamer Nolan Noble has developed a series of games that give naval forces a basic awareness of how to hide in the information environment.

Program . Previously, he was a CNA field representative to the Naval Information Warfighting Development Center and deployed with Carrier Strike Group One. CNA continuously invests in innovative ... 2 ). From analyzing machine learning for public safety to developing a Navy Force Design Lab, CNA's most creative thinkers are continuously working on new approaches to help government solve ... a brand new officer who’s going to be steering a Combat Logistics Force ship around in the Western Pacific. What do you need to know about how to help your ship evade detection and targeting, and how

North Korea's Strategic Surprise in the Yellow Sea: A Future Scenario

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Markus Garlauskas presents a fictional future Yellow Sea conflict scenario, following the consequences of a surprise attack by North Korea against South Korea.

Korea's continued weapons development alongside the rising assertiveness of the People's Republic of China (PRC). [Excerpts from “Chapter 15: A Mortal Wound,” The History of the United ... (ROK) Navy to even approach the Hwanghae Peninsula, while North Korea's numerous land-based surface-to-air missiles also kept the ROK Air Force operating at a distance. To neutralize these air ... , it was more than rhetoric—it was backed by overwhelming military force. By the next day, hundreds of Chinese combat aircraft and dozens of warships were operating less than 20 miles west of Paengyong

The Race for Sixth-Generation Fighter Supremacy: Pilots Aren’t Going Away

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Both China and the United States are signaling that their future sixth-generation fighter jets will team with unmanned drones but will still use human pilots.

to the public. After President Trump’s March 21 announcement that Boeing will build the US Air Force’s F-47 sixth-generation fighter jet, the DOD distributed several artist renderings of the fighter , the details of which were quickly picked apart in public defense analyst forums . On April 18, however, US Air Force and defense industry officials revealed that the images were deliberately distorted ... , like the sixth-generation jets under development, as a way to mitigate these challenges while maintaining—if not multiplying—the capabilities that UAVs bring to the fight. Many PRC articles

What Hospitals Can Do to Protect Themselves from Ransomware

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Hospitals are increasingly victims of ransomware and other costly cyberattacks. They can protect themselves by preparing response plans for cyber disruptions.

and capabilities vary widely, which complicates the development and implementation of cyber standards. In addition, hospitals have a large attack surface, made up of a series of interconnected systems ... care, force patients to be rerouted to other hospitals, and delay medical tests and procedures. In addition, when hospital staff have no access to electronic health records and rely on manual ... cyber hygiene to advanced encryption standards. Similarly, HHS put forward a cybersecurity strategy for the healthcare sector that laid out several goals, including the development of voluntary

Weighing the Costs of War and Peace in Afghanistan

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The U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Amb. Zalmay Khalilzad, tweeted that "peace requires agreement on four issues: counter-terrorism assurances, troop withdrawal."

, and a comprehensive ceasefire … We’re now ‘agreed in draft’ on the first two." This is a positive development, as previously the two sides had been only "agreed in principle." The next step is for both sides ... apace, the total for 2019 would be any less than this. In terms of Afghan security force casualties, neither the United States nor the Afghan government releases official tallies any more, but estimates ... , but  here again there are residual requirements  — perhaps $2 billion or more per year for continued support to Afghanistan’s security forces, and sizeable additional amounts in continued  development aid

Russia and China Respond—or Don’t—to the 12-Day War in Iran

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Despite the strategic partnerships both Russia and China have with Iran, they’ve supported Tehran with words since the Israel and US attacks, but little else.

uranium enrichment for civilian nuclear energy development. Yet he also acknowledged “Israel’s security concerns” and suggested Russia could act as an intermediary between the two—an offer that US ... that they simply do not want to be dragged into an Israel-Iran confrontation and have ensured that their cooperation and strategic alignments with Iran will not force their hands. center /our-media

Golden Dome, Nuclear Modernization, and Arms Control: Can the Administration Have It All?

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President Trump is simultaneously pursuing the Golden Dome missile defense shield, nuclear modernization, and arms control—a challenging combination.

elevated the Strategic Defense Initiative despite real technological challenges to achieving its goals. Much of the real action was in research and development, which ultimately gained support from many US ... projects? Can the US balance Golden Dome, nuclear modernization, and other priorities without more defense funding? Will force posture—particularly that of naval forces—need to change in order