Alliances

White House Sees ‘Growing Aggressiveness’ From Chinese Military
Bloomberg 20230605
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-05/white-house-sees-growing-aggressiveness-from-chinese-military

U.S., China share responsibility to engage in serious security dialogue
Asahi 20230606
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14926021

US ‘self-contradictory acts’ unhelpful to resume high-level communication
GT 20230606
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202306/1292088.shtml

Setting the scene for closer defence cooperation in the Indo-Pacific
ASPI 20230607
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/setting-the-scene-for-closer-defence-cooperation-in-the-indo-pacific/

India, US announce ‘paradigm changing’ defence road map
Hindustan Times 20230506
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-us-announce-defence-road-map-101685990627292.html

S. Korea wins seat on U.N. Security Council for 2024-25
Yonhap 20230607
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20230605003600325?section=news

Macron Opposes NATO’s Plan to Open Office in Tokyo
Yomiuri 20230606
https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/politics-government/20230606-114527/

Macron’s concerns over NATO’s Tokyo office plan ‘speaks for more members’ as they oppose alliance outreaching Asia
GT 20230606
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202306/1292073.shtml

China’s strong-arming won’t work in Marcos’ Philippines
EAF 20230606
https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2023/06/06/chinas-strong-arming-wont-work-in-marcos-philippines/

SE Asia’s economies in a perilous US-China middle
Asia Times 20230606
https://asiatimes.com/2023/06/se-asias-economies-in-a-perilous-us-china-middle/

US INDUSTRIAL POLICY EXPLAINED AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR AMERICAN ALLIES AND PARTNERS
USSC 20230606
https://www.ussc.edu.au/analysis/us-industrial-policy-explained-and-what-it-means-for-american-allies-and-partners

TSMC can help ‘stabilize’ U.S.-China relations: chairman
Nikkei 20230606
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/TSMC-can-help-stabilize-U.S.-China-relations-chairman

Micronesia-Marianas (2nd Island Chain+)

Guam’s indigenous people ‘feel less safe’ due to US military build-up
Radio NZ 20230606
https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/491416/guam-s-indigenous-people-feel-less-safe-due-to-us-military-build-up

Work to start on East Micronesia Cable following contract signing
AU DFAT 20230606
https://www.dfat.gov.au/news/media-release/work-start-east-micronesia-cable-following-contract-signing

Japan, U.S., Australia to fund telecom network in South Pacific
Kyodo 20230606
https://www.nippon.com/en/news/kd1038748462147846751/japan-u-s-australia-to-fund-telecom-network-in-south-pacific.html

Trump-era officials under fire as nuclear fund for Bikini islanders is squandered
Guardian 20230605
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/05/bikini-atoll-nuclear-fund-interior-department

Congressional hearings on proposed COFA agreements set to begin July 17
PIT 20230606
https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/congressional-hearings-on-proposed-cofa-agreements-set-for-july-17

Island Waves

Australia’s Defence Minister in Vanuatu to Strengthen Regional Partnerships
Daily Post (VU) 20230606
https://www.dailypost.vu/news/australia-s-defence-minister-in-vanuatu-to-strengthen-regional-partnerships/article_46fb4241-c430-56b9-b0e1-2e9e637cb663.html

Vanuatu security deal with Australia to go before its parliament before the end of 2023
ABC (AU) 20230606
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-06/vanuatu-security-deal-australia-ratified-later-this-year-china/102447262

Secretary says no army intervention
National (PNG) 20230606
https://www.thenational.com.pg/secretary-says-no-army-intervention/

Digital literacy and skills development important for Tonga
Matangi Tonga 20230606
https://matangitonga.to/2023/06/06/digital-literacy-and-skills-development-important-tonga

Minister apologises for Chinese flights ‘confusion’
Samoa Observer 20230606
https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/103943

Fishy business caught out in the Pacific
AU DoD 20230606
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2023-06-06/fishy-business-caught-out-pacific

Taiwan + SCS

Is China Playing a Game of Chicken with an American Warship in the Taiwan Strait?
Hudson 20230606
https://www.hudson.org/foreign-policy/china-playing-game-chicken-american-warship-taiwan-miles-yu

To prevent a China war, we must bind ourselves to Taiwan
SMH 20230607
https://www.smh.com.au/national/to-prevent-a-china-war-we-must-bind-ourselves-to-taiwan-20230605-p5de21.html

Why Taiwan’s Tsai Ing-wen may not attend Apec summit in US after all
SCMP 20230606
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3223163/why-taiwans-tsai-ing-wen-may-not-attend-apec-summit-us-after-all

Beijing voices support for Taiwan’s pro-unification forces in latest exchange
SCMP 20230606
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3223137/beijing-voices-support-taiwans-pro-unification-forces-latest-exchange

China sends 10 military aircraft, 4 naval ships around Taiwan
Taiwan News 20230606
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4911020

US-China: A Cold War lesson to apply “rules of the road” at sea
Lowy 20230606
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/us-china-cold-war-lesson-apply-rules-road-sea

No Chinese vessels seen at joint Coast Guard drills
Phil Star 20230607
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/06/07/2272060/no-chinese-vesselsseen-joint-coast-guard-drills

US, Japanese, Philippine Coast Guard Ships Stage Law Enforcement Drills Near South China Sea
The Diplomat 20230606
https://thediplomat.com/2023/06/us-japanese-philippine-coast-guard-ships-stage-law-enforcement-drills-near-south-china-sea/

Philippines fends off mock terrorist attack in South China Sea drills with US, Japan
Straits Times 20230607
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippines-fends-off-mock-terrorist-attack-in-south-china-sea-drills-with-us-japan

Chinese ships leave Vietnam waters after Hanoi protest
Reuters 20230606
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/chinese-ships-leave-vietnam-waters-after-us-china-talks-2023-06-06/

Capabilities

China’s expansion of its submarine fleet raises questions
Naval Technology 20230605
https://www.naval-technology.com/news/chinas-expansion-submarine-fleet-questions/

Yoon says alliance with U.S. upgraded to ‘nuclear-based alliance’
Yonhap 20230606
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20230606001500315?section=news

4 Chinese, 4 Russian military planes enter S. Korea’s air defense zone without notice: S. Korean military
Yonhap 20230606
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20230606003552325?section=news

China Establishing ‘Commanding Lead’ with Key Military Technologies
VoA 20230605
https://www.voanews.com/a/china-establishing-commanding-lead-with-key-military-technologies-/7124026.html

AUKUS: three partners, two pillars, one problem
ASPI 20230606
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/aukus-three-partners-two-pillars-one-problem/

China urges U.S., UK, Australia to stop acts of nuclear proliferation
Xinhua 20230606
https://english.news.cn/20230606/befcf81e5bc5467880b5c3de2dba94a8/c.html

Chinese FM urges AUKUS, already a concern for ASEAN, not to turn the Pacific into an ocean of storms
China Military 20230606
http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/VOICES/16229279.html

The US Navy offers China a choice: cooperation or confrontation
The Hill 20230606
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/4036458-the-us-navy-offers-china-a-choice-cooperation-or-confrontation/

Every setback of the US military erodes Washington’s confidence
GT 20230606
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202306/1292083.shtml

GPS Modernization: Space Force Should Reassess Requirements for Satellites and Handheld Devices
GAO 20230605
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-23-106018

Marines Betting Big On “Critical” Air-Launched Swarming Drones
The Drive 20230605
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/marines-betting-big-on-critical-air-launched-swarming-drones

House Armed Services chair wants China spending bill, less Ukraine aid
Defense News 20230606
https://www.defensenews.com/congress/budget/2023/06/06/house-armed-services-chair-wants-china-spending-bill-less-ukraine-aid/

Power

Singapore’s defense minister warns of unchecked military spending
Defense News 20230606
https://www.defensenews.com/smr/shangri-la-dialogue/2023/06/06/singapores-defense-minister-warns-of-unchecked-military-spending/

U.S.-China Rivalry in a Neomedieval World
RAND 20230606
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RRA1800/RRA1887-1/RAND_RRA1887-1.pdf

A New Cold War Could Be Much Worse Than the One We Remember
Atlantic 20230605
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2023/06/cold-war-china-risks/674272/

Getting China right: Resoluteness without overreaction
Brookings 20230606
https://www.brookings.edu/research/getting-china-right-resoluteness-without-overreaction/

Hawks hallucinate a US-China détente policy that doesn’t exist
Responsible Statecraft 20230606
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2023/06/06/hawks-hallucinate-a-us-china-detente-policy-that-doesnt-exist/

Exercises

Indonesia kicks off multilateral naval exercise amid Asia-Pacific tension
CNA (SG) 20230606
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/indonesia-komodo-multilateral-naval-drills-exercise-tensions-3539481

Japan-U.S.-Australia-Canada Multilateral Exercise “NOBLE WOLF”
JMSDF 20230606
https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/en/release/202306/20230606_en.pdf

US Marines to join allied troops in Australia for combined force exercise
S&S 20230606
https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2023-06-06/marines-australia-japan-southern-jackaroo-10348481.html

Events

Why Taiwan Matters
CSIS June 6, 2023 8:30- 9:30 AM EDT
https://www.csis.org/events/why-taiwan-matters

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