Barack Obama Campaign Response: Today’s guest is Secretary Richard Danzig, former Secretary of the Navy under President Bill Clinton and an advisor to President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign on national security issues. To what extent is the Navy setting forth a strategic vision that agrees with your understanding of America’s global role? As we emerge […]
Op-Ed Written by Capt. Jeffrey L. Kuhlman, Castle Shipboard Security Program This is not a rhetorical question. This is a question which must be answered. The pressures generated by recent failures, such as the March, 2011 attack on the Avocet, in maritime security seem to be pushing the industry toward answering this question. The nature of […]
Taiwan is paying close attention to the development of China’s first aircraft carrier, including its sea trails, a defense official said Sunday as the trails have reportedly become more frequent recently. “(We) have been closely monitoring issues related to the development (of China’s aircraft carrier),” Ministry of National Defense spokesman Maj. Gen. Luo Shou-he told […]
Ümit Enginsoy Turkey’s trade efforts for defense equipment appear to be taking an unfamiliar turn: bartering with fish. For a generation, Somalia has been a byword for the sufferings of a failed state. It has lurched from disaster to disaster over the last 20 years since the central government was toppled by clan militias that later turned […]
Published on June 11, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments Maritime disputes between China and some neighboring countries have escalated in recent years. A number of factors have contributed to the current maritime challenge. This article offers a Chinese view of the situation. Safeguard maritime rights and interests By Chen Xiangyang, China Daily Maritime disputes […]
Implications for the US-Japan Alliance 07:59 GMT, June 5, 2012 Honolulu, Hawaii | The big news from the recently concluded Annual Security Consultative Committee between Japan and the United States, the so-called “2+2 meeting,” was that movement of Marines stationed in Okinawa to Guam was delinked from relocating the Marine Corps Air Station at Futenma […]
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, right, shakes hands Saturday with Singapore Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen in Singapore. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Panetta: By 2020, about 60% of the U.S. Navy’s warships will be in the Pacific Ocean The so-called U.S. ’tilt’ to Asia includes beefing up the capabilities of regional allies South China Sea is a […]
The ongoing Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore enters volatile waters on Saturday, as participating defense officials and security scholars wade into the territorial disputes in South China Sea between China and some of its neighbors. On the backdrop two realities are prominent: the recent escalation of tensions over South China Sea and the United States’ so-called […]
SINGAPORE (AP) — From this island nation in the South China Sea, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta sent a message Saturday that America’s new military focus on the Asia-Pacific is not intended to raise tensions in the region or threaten Beijing. The Pentagon chief appeared to offer an olive branch to the communist power and […]
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, right, shakes hands Saturday with Singapore Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen in Singapore. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Panetta: By 2020, about 60% of the U.S. Navy’s warships will be in the Pacific Ocean The so-called U.S. ’tilt’ to Asia includes beefing up the capabilities of regional allies South China Sea is a […]