2017-05-28 By Robbin Laird President Trump is certainly not a laid back type of leader. Then again he would not have been elected if he was, given the nature of the evolving U.S. political process. He also was elected much like his predecessor with regard to domestic issues. President Obama…
06/08/2017: Royal Australian Navy patrol boat HMAS Wollongong has completed an official visit to Fiji, including a four-day exercise within Fiji’s Exclusive Economic Zone with the Republic of Fiji Navy Ship Kula. Wollongong is on a South West Pacific deployment, which includes visits to the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia, as part of the…
2017-06-06 By Richard Weitz At last weekend’s 16th annual Shangri-La Asia Security Dialogue in Singapore, U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis focused on reassuring U.S. allies anxious about the sustainability of security commitments in the face of North Korean threats and China’s security ambitions in the Asia-Pacific region. In his…
2017-05-22 By Richard Weitz One issue President Trump will need to clarify at next week’s NATO summit is his strategy towards Russia. To take one example, the NATO allies are divided over whether to focus on counterterrorism, as the President would wish, or on strengthening collective defenses against Russia. Based…
2017-05-25 by Kenneth Maxwell In a highly globally interactive world, crises in one part not only have an impact elsewhere, but can have an unanticipated set of impacts. This is clearly the case of Brazil and its deepening political crises, which given the importance of the Brazilian economy and global…
2017-05-18 By Danny Lam President Trump will be at the May 25 NATO meeting. Nuclear Ballistic Missile Threats from North Korea are an existential threat to NATO members. DPRK is presently not on NATO’s agenda. It must be. The Second Nuclear Age is simply not something which NATO wants to…
2017-05-22 By Danny Lam North Korea responded to President Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia and $110 billion arms sales on behalf of Iran with a ballistic missile test. Coming a week after the last missile test, the medium range ballistic missile is believed to be a solid fueled Pukguksong-2 with…
05/21/2017: Defense Secretary Jim Mattis met with Norwegian Defense Minister Ine Soreide at the Pentagon to discuss their countries' alliance, May 17, 2017. 5/15/17 DoD News During a visit to Norway in February of this year, a discussion with the Norwegian defense minister focused on shaping a way ahead with regard to…
