Alliances
US Secretary of State Blinken Poised to Finally Make His China Trip
The Diplomat 20230613
https://thediplomat.com/2023/06/us-secretary-of-state-blinken-poised-to-finally-make-his-china-trip/
China says US eagerness to engage is an ‘illusion’
Reuters 20230613
https://www.reuters.com/world/china-says-us-eagerness-engage-is-an-illusion-2023-06-13/
NATO to upgrade ties with Australia, New Zealand, South Korea
Nikkei 20230613
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Indo-Pacific/NATO-to-upgrade-ties-with-Australia-New-Zealand-South-Korea
Caught in the middle? East Asians worried about US-China conflict
Responsible Statecraft 20230613
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2023/06/13/caught-in-the-middle-east-asians-worried-about-us-china-conflict/
Foreign ministry denounces Chinese envoy for criticizing S. Korean policy with ‘inaccurate information’
Yonhap 20230613
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20230613009100325?section=news
South Korean leader criticises China envoy over ‘inappropriate’ remarks
Reuters 20230613
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-koreas-yoon-questions-whether-china-envoy-showed-mutual-respect-yonhap-2023-06-13/
Chinese FM regrets S.Korean media making personal attacks, baseless accusations against Chinese ambassador
GT 20230613
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202306/1292511.shtml
No need to care too much about S.Korea’s criticism of Chinese ambassador
GT 20230614
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202306/1292532.shtml
Reclaiming ASEAN’s comprehensive and cooperative security
EAF 20230613
https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2023/06/13/reclaiming-aseans-comprehensive-and-cooperative-security/
Can the IPEF Protect Corporate Supply Chains?
The Diplomat 20230612
https://thediplomat.com/2023/06/can-the-ipef-protect-corporate-supply-chains/
Yellen Says Bid to Decouple From China Would Be ‘Disastrous’
NYTimes 20230613
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/13/business/economy/janet-yellen-china.html
US ‘hysterical’ crackdown on China tech hits bumps
GT 20230613
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202306/1292503.shtml
Micronesia-Marianas (2nd Island Chain+)
The information abyss of Guam ‘Missile Defense
GDP 20230614
https://www.postguam.com/forum/featured_columnists/the-information-abyss-of-guam-missile-defense/article_1ba9fc90-0973-11ee-876d-2326930783af.html
China-Russia bomber patrol near Guam
GDP 20230614
https://www.postguam.com/news/local/china-russia-bomber-patrol-near-guam/article_dbc6fc9c-08ee-11ee-9231-873485b35af7.html
Guam Bases Continue Clean Up as Military Moves to Island Postponed
USNI 20230612
https://news.usni.org/2023/06/12/guam-bases-continue-clean-up-as-military-moves-to-island-postponed
Head of Marine Corps Confronted over Destruction of Guam amid Ongoing Military Expansion
Code Pink 20230613
https://www.codepink.org/bergerdisruption
Island Waves
Marape supports Japan’s nuclear wastewater dump
Radio NZ 20230613
https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/491877/marape-supports-japan-s-nuclear-wastewater-dump
Vanuatu to re-establish bilaterial relations with Philippines
Daily Post (VU) 20230613
https://www.dailypost.vu/news/vanuatu-to-re-establish-bilaterial-relations-with-philippines/article_2a98c152-4d50-54d8-84d9-832d5e1a9092.html
Chinese Medical Expert Team Successfully Completes Visit to Vanuatu
Daily Post (VU) 20230613
https://www.dailypost.vu/news/chinese-medical-expert-team-successfully-completes-visit-to-vanuatu/article_2260c5e9-f941-5b9e-a4bc-ee9fcaa93635.html
France to increase its presence in PICs
FBCN 20230613
https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/news/france-to-increase-its-presence-in-pics/
Australian financing delegation discusses Tongan economy, debts, budget support
Matangi Tonga 20230613
https://matangitonga.to/2023/06/13/australian-financing-delegation-discusses-tongan-economy-debts-budget-suport
DFAT Cyclone Recovery Program gets additional $9 million
FBCN 20230613
https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/news/dfat-cyclone-recovery-program-gets-additional-9-million/
Australia’s opportunity to help close the Pacific’s digital divide
ASPI 20230612
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/australias-opportunity-to-help-close-the-pacifics-digital-divide/
SI forge connections for Tourism Development through participation in the 10th Arab – China Business Conference
Solomon Star 20230613
https://www.solomonstarnews.com/si-forge-connections-for-tourism-development-through-participation-in-the-10th-arab-china-business-conference/
Taiwan + SCS
China sends new patrol ship Haixun 03 on South China Sea mission
SCMP 20230613
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3223847/china-sends-new-patrol-ship-haixun-03-south-china-sea-mission
China Eyes Commercial Ships in a Move to Intimidate Taiwan
WSJ 20230613
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-eyes-commercial-ships-in-a-move-to-intimidate-taiwan-inspection-xi-jinping-strait-cargo-a5d0d067
Freedom of navigation or freedom of bullying?
GT 20230613
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202306/1292474.shtml
China’s patient but insistent South China Sea grab
Asia Times 20230613
https://asiatimes.com/2023/06/chinas-patient-but-insistent-south-china-sea-grab/
Japan’s meddling in Taiwan Strait poses grave danger to itself
China Military 20230613
http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/OPINIONS_209196/Opinions_209197/16230949.html
US prepping pullout plan for Americans in Taiwan
Taiwan News 20230613
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4917769
US not changing policy on evacuation of citizens
Taipei Times 20230614
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2023/06/14/2003801521
What a US Evacuation Contingency Means for Taiwan
Hudson 20230613
https://www.hudson.org/foreign-policy/what-us-evacuation-contingency-means-taiwan-patrick-cronin
Chinese aircraft near Taiwan aim to monitor U.S. military drills: Experts
CNA (TW) 20230614
https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202306130031
Taiwan tracks 4 Chinese military aircraft, 4 naval ships around nation
Taiwan News 20230613
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4917427
Scientists hold US nuclear tests responsible for South China Sea radioactivity
SCMP 20230613
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3223896/scientists-hold-us-nuclear-tests-responsible-south-china-sea-radioactivity
Capabilities
Taiwan Defense Ministry’s Translation of “China’s Maritime Gray Zone Operations”
AEriskson 20230612
https://www.andrewerickson.com/2023/06/taiwan-defense-ministrys-translation-of-chinas-maritime-gray-zone-operations/
Japan’s SDF, coast guard plan first field drill against direct attack
Nikkei 20230614
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Defense/Japan-s-SDF-coast-guard-plan-first-field-drill-against-direct-attack
Japan adopts space security policy and vows to expand defense use
Japan Times 20230613
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/06/13/national/japan-space-strategy-china-russia/
With eye on China, Japan developing missiles to protect remote islands
Japan Times 20230613
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/06/13/national/japan-missile-development/
Japan focuses on missile defense in its first space security policy
Nikkei 20230614
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Defense/Japan-focuses-on-missile-defense-in-its-first-space-security-policy
Seoul’s new national security strategy flips the script, Korean style
ASPI 20230613
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/seouls-new-national-security-strategy-flips-the-script-korean-style/
Maintaining the security status quo in South Korea
EAF 20230613
https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2023/06/13/maintaining-the-security-status-quo-in-south-korea/
Ex-President Duterte says PH to serve as ‘buffer zone’ if war between China, US breaks out
Manila Bulletin 20230613
https://mb.com.ph/2023/6/13/ex-president-duterte-says-ph-to-serve-as-buffer-zone-if-war-between-china-us-breaks-out
Orbital hypersonic delivery systems threaten strategic stability
BAS 20230613
https://thebulletin.org/2023/06/orbital-hypersonic-delivery-systems-threaten-strategic-stability/
HASC Agrees to Navy’s Plans to Shed Littoral Combat Ships, Moves to Abolish CAPE
USNI 20230612
https://news.usni.org/2023/06/12/hasc-agrees-to-navys-plans-to-shed-littoral-combat-ships-moves-to-abolish-cape
Key lawmakers flex new positions to bolster shipbuilding industry
Defense News 20230613
https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2023/06/13/key-lawmakers-flex-new-positions-to-bolster-shipbuilding-industry/
‘Not a suggestion’: Senators prod Navy’s Del Toro for failure to respond to amphib questions
Breaking Defense 20230613
https://breakingdefense.com/2023/06/not-a-suggestion-senators-prod-navys-del-toro-for-failure-to-respond-to-amphib-questions/
Lawmakers try hitting pause on plan to buy communications satellite
Defense News 20230613
https://www.defensenews.com/battlefield-tech/space/2023/06/13/lawmakers-try-hitting-pause-on-plan-to-buy-communications-satellite/
AUKUS needs trilateral technology safeguards, not just capabilities
ASPI 20230613
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/aukus-needs-trilateral-technology-safeguards-not-just-capabilities/
CRS Report to Congress on U.S. Defense Infrastructure in the Indo-Pacific
USNI 20230613
https://news.usni.org/2023/06/13/report-to-congress-on-u-s-defense-infrastructure-in-the-indo-pacific
V-22 Production Winds Down As Deployments Ramp Up
National Defense 20230613
https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2023/6/13/v-22-production-winds-down-as-deployments-ramp-up
Power
The Key Lessons of America’s Recent Wars: Failing or Losing in Grand Strategic Terms
CSIS 20230613
https://www.csis.org/analysis/key-lessons-americas-recent-wars-failing-or-losing-grand-strategic-terms
How do you talk to an ‘existential threat’ (China)?
Responsible Statecraft 20230612
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2023/06/12/how-do-you-talk-to-an-existential-threat-china/
Exercises
China holds live-fire drills in East China Sea north of Taiwan
Reuters 20230613
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/china-holds-live-fire-drills-east-china-sea-north-taiwan-2023-06-13/
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