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Quick guide to US threat assessments in annual testimony to Congress

The U.S. and Asia/World
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PACOM Testimony

2008 Statement of Admiral Timothy J. Keating, U.S. Navy Commander U.S. Pacific Command Before the House Armed Services Committee on U.S. Pacific Command Posture 12 March 08 [html]

2007 Statement of Admiral William J. Fallon, U.S. Navy Commander U.S. Pacific Command before the House Armed Services Committee on U.S. Pacific Command Posture, 7 March 2007 [html]

2006 Statement of Admiral William J. Fallon, U.S. Navy Commander U.S. Pacific Command before the House Armed Services Committee on U.S. Pacific Command Posture, 9 March 2006 [html]

2005 Statement of Admiral William J. Fallon, U.S. Navy Commander U.S. Pacific Command Before the Senate Armed Services Committee on U.S. Pacific Command Posture 8 March 2005 [html]

2004 Testimony of Admiral Thomas B. Fargo, United States Navy, Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, Before the House Armed Services Committee, United States House of Representatives, Regarding U.S. Pacific Command Posture, March 31, 2004 [html]

2003. Statement of Admiral Thomas B. Fargo, U.S. Navy Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, before the House Armed Services Committee on U.S. Pacific Command Posture, 12 March 2003. [html]

2002. Testimony of Admiral Dennis C. Blair, U.S. Navy Commander in Chief U.S. Pacific Command before the Senate Armed Services Committee, 05 March 2002. [html]

2001. Testimony of Admiral Dennis C. Blair, U.S. Navy Commander in Chief U.S. Pacific Command before the Senate Armed Services Committee, 27 March 2001. [html]

2000. Testimony of Admiral Dennis C. Blair, U.S. Navy Commander in Chief U.S. Pacific Command before the House Armed Services Committee, 15 March 2000. [html]

1999. Statement of Admiral Dennis C. Blair, U.S. Navy Commander in Chief U.S. Pacific Command before the House Armed Services Committee, 3 March 1999. [html]

1998. Testimony on Pacific Security, Admiral Joseph W. Prueher, U.S. NAVY, Commander in Chief United States Pacific Command, before the Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, United States House of Representatives, May 7, 1998. [html]

1998. Testimony by Admiral Joseph Prueher, CINCPAC. March 4, 1998. Before the US House Armed Services Committee. [html]

1997. Testimony by Adm. Joseph W. Prueher, CINCPAC, March 3, 1997. Before the US House Armed Services Committee. [html]

Assessments

Annual Report to Congress. The Military Power of the People's Republic of China, 2008. US Department of Defense. March 2006

Statement of Admiral Timothy J. Keating, U.S. Navy Commander U.S. Pacific Command Before the House Armed Services Committee on U.S. Pacific Command Posture 12 March 08

Statement of General B. B. Bell Commander, United Nations Command Commander, Republic of Korea-United States Combined Forces Command and Commander, United States Forces Korea Before the House Armed Services Committee 12 March 2008

Statement by the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, General Mike Hayden to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Annual Threat Assessment Hearing (as prepared for delivery) February 5, 2008

Statement for the Record Current and Projected National Security Threats to the United States Lieutenant General Michael D. Maples, U.S. Army Director, Defense Intelligence Agency before the Committee on Armed Services United States Senate on Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Annual Threat Assessment of the Intelligence Community for the Senate Armed Services Committee 27 February 2008 J. Michael McConnell Director of National Intelligence February 27, 2008

Joint Statement of The U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee, May 1, 2007

Annual Report to Congress. The Military Power of the People's Republic of China 2007. Department of Defense, May 2007

Statement of General B.B. Bell, Commander USFK, before the House Armed Services Committee, March 7, 2007

U.S. Pacific Command Posture, March 7, 2007; Adm William J Fallon, US Navy

Current and Projected National Security Threats to the United States, Lieutenant General Michael D. Maples, U.S. Army Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, Feb 27, 2007

Annual Threat Assessment of the Director of National Intelligence, Feb 27, 2007

Statement by Gen. Michael Hayden, Director CIA, to Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Jan 11, 2007

North Korean Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States

North Korea's Nuclear Weapons: Latest Developments

North Korea: Economic Sanctions

Annual Report to Congress. The Military Power of the People's Republic of China 2006, US Department of Defense. May 2006

Statement of Admiral William J. Fallon, U.S. Navy Commander U.S. Pacific Command before the House Armed Services Committee on U.S. Pacific Command Posture, 9 March 2006

Statement of General B. B. Bell Commander, United Nations Command; Commander, Republic of Korea-United States Combined Forces Command; and Commander, United States Forces Korea Before the House Armed Services Committee 9 March 2006

Current and Projected National Security Threats to the United States, Lieutenant General Michael D. Maples, U.S. Army Director, Defense Intelligence Agency Statement for the Record, Senate Armed Services Committee 28 February 2006

Annual Threat Assessment of the Director of National Intelligence for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence February 2, 2006. John D. Negroponte, Director of National Intelligence. Statement by the Director of National Intelligence, John D. Negroponte to the Senate Select Committee On Intelligence, 2 February 2006

East Asia in Transition: Opportunities and Challenges for the United States, Christopher R. Hill, Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Statement to the Asia and the Pacific Subcommittee of the House International Relations Committee, Washington, DC, 8 March 06

Testimony of Peter C.W. Flory Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy Before the House Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, 9 March 2006

United States-Japan Roadmap for Realignment Implementation, May 1, 2006

US-Japan Alliance: Transformation and Realignment for the Future, October 29, 2005.

Joint Statement of the U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee, Feb 19, 2005

Annual Report to Congress. The Military Power of the People's Republic of China 2005 July 19, 2005. [html version]

The National Security and Foreign Policy Implications for the United States of Arms Exports to the People's Republic of China by Member States of the European Union, April 14, 2005 R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs Testimony before the House Committee on International Relations and the House Armed Services Committee Washington, DC

Statement of General Leon J. LaPorte, Commander United Nations Command, Commander Republic of Korea-United States Combined Forces, Commander United States Forces Korea before the Senate Armed Services Committee, March 8, 2005

Current and Projected National Security Threats to the United States Vice Admiral Lowell E. Jacoby, U.S. Navy Director, Defense Intelligence Agency Statement For the Record Senate Armed Services Committee 17 March 2005

Testimony of the Director of Central Intelligence The Honorable Porter J. Goss before the Senate Armed Services Committee

U.S. Interests and Strategic Goals in East Asia and the Pacific Evans J. R. Revere, Acting Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Testimony Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Washington, DC March 2, 2005

Review of the U.S. Defense Posture Around the World statement of Douglas J. Feith Under Secretary of Defense for Policy before the House Armed Services Committee June 23, 2004

China in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) John S. Wolf, Assistant Secretary for Nonproliferation Testimony Before the House International Relations Committee Washington, DC May 18, 2004

Annual Report to Congress. The Military Power of the People's Republic of China 2004 US Department of Defense

Current and Projected National Security Threats to the United States , Vice Admiral Lowell E. Jacoby, U.S. Navy Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, Senate Armed Service Committee, March 9, 2004

DCI's Worldwide Threat Briefing The Worldwide Threat 2004: Challenges in a Changing Global Context, George J. Tenet, Director, Central Intelligence Agency, Senate Armed Service Committee, March 9, 2004

General Leon J. Laporte Commander, Commander, United States Forces Korea Testimony to Congress House Armed Services Committee, 31 March 2004

U.S. Pacific Command Posture: Admiral Thomas B. Fargo, United States Navy, Commander, U.S. Pacific Command House Armed Services Committee, United States House of Representatives, March 31, 2004

Intelligence, Surveillance, & Reconnissance Statement of Dr. Stephen A. Cambone Under Secretary of Defense For Intelligence before the Senate Armed Services Committee Strategic Forces Subcommittee April 7, 2004

Annual Report to Congress. The Military Power of the People's Republic of China 2003 US Department of Defense, July 30, 2003

U.S. Security Policy in Asia and the Pacific: Hearing before House International Relations Committee, June 26, 2003. Restructuring America's Forward Deployment: Peter Rodman, Asst Secretary of Defense
Restructuring America's Forward Deployment: Adm. Thomas Fargo, Commander, Pacific Command
Restructuring America's Forward Deployment: Christopher LaFleur, Special Envoy for Northeast Asia Security Consultations

U.S Pacific Command Posture: Admiral Thomas B. Fargo, U.S. Navy Commander, U.S. Pacific Command House Armed Services Committee, 12 March 2003.

General Leon J. LaPorte, Commander United Nations Command, Commander, United States Forces Korea testimony to Congress 108th Congress, House Armed Services Committee 12 March 2003.

The Worldwide Threat in 2003: Evolving Dangers in a Complex World, Testimony of Director of Central Intelligence George J. Tenet before Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on The Worldwide Threat 2003: Evolving Dangers in a Complex World (as prepared for delivery).

Global Threat: Vice Admiral Lowell E. Jacoby, USN, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, Statement for the Record, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, 11 February 2003

Annual Report to Congress. The Military Power of the People's Republic of China 2002 US Department of Defense

Worldwide threat to United States interests: Vice Admiral Thomas R. Wilson, Director, Defence Intelligence Agency, March 19, 2002.

U.S Pacific Command Posture: Admiral Dennis C. Blair, U.S. Navy Commander in Chief U.S. Pacific Command March 5, 2002

General Thomas A. Schwartz, USA United Nations Command/U.S. Forces Korea/ Combined Forces Command Korea, Tuesday, March 5, 2002. Military strategy and operational requirements.

Foreign Missile Developments and the Ballistic Missile Threat Through 2015 Unclassified Summary of a National Intelligence Estimate, April 2002.

Worldwide Threat - Converging Dangers in a Post 9/11 World Testimony of Director of Central Intelligence, George J. Tenet, Before the Senate Armed Services Committee, 19 March 2002

Results of the Nuclear Posture Review, Senate Armed Services Committee February 14, 2002 9:30 AM To receive testimony on the results of the Nuclear Posture Review, in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2003. Admiral James O. Ellis, Jr., USN Statement

U.S. Interests in East Asia and the Pacific: Problems and Prospects in the Year of the Horse Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific of the Committee on International Relations House of Representatives, February 14, 2002. Hearing, Prepared statement of James Kelly, Assistant Secretary of State.

Statement of Charles L. Pritchard, Special Envoy for Korean Peace Talks House International Relations Committee, July 26, 2001. Hearing before the committee with questions and answers.

U.S. Foreign Policy in East Asia and the Pacific: Challenges and Priorities for the Bush Administration Prepared Statement of James A. Kelly, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. Hearing Before the Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific of the Committee on International Relations House of Representatives 107 Congress, 1st Session June 12, 2001

Current and future worldwide threats to the national security of the United States: Vice Admiral Thomas R. Wilson, USN Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, March 8, 2001

Worldwide Threat 2001: National Security in a Changing World Statement by Director of Central Intelligence George J. Tenet before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Feb 7, 2001.

2000 Report to Congress on the Military Situation on the Korean Peninsula, Sept 12, 2000.

Annual Report to Congress. The Military Power of the People's Republic of China, June 22, 2000.

The Worldwide Threat in 2000: Global Realities of Our National Security "as prepared for delivery" Statement by Director of Central Intelligence
George J. Tenet 21 March 2000

General Thomas A. Schwartz, USA Commander-in-Chief United Nations Command, Republic of Korea/United States Combined Forces Command, United States Forces Korea Tuesday, March 7, 2000] To receive testimony from the unified and regional commanders on their military strategy and operational requirements in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2001 and the Future Years Defense Program.

Vice Admiral Thomas R. Wilson, USN Director, Defense Intelligence Agency Thursday, February 3, 2000 To receive testimony on current and future worldwide threats to the national security of the United States.

U.S. House. International Relations Committee. North Korea Advisory Group. Report, November 1999.

Perry Report Review of United States Policy Towards North Korea: Findings & Recommendations. Unclassified part of the Report. Oct. 12, 1999.

Foreign Missile Developments and the Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States Through 2015. National Intelligence Council. September 9, 1999.

Theater Missile Defense Architecture Options for the Asia-Pacific Region, May 4, 1999

Report to the Chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations, US Senate. Nuclear Non-Proliferation: Concerns with DOE's Efforts to Reduce the Risks Posed by Russia's Unemployed Weapons Scientists, Feb. 1999. GAO/RCED9-99-54.

Report to Congress on The Security Situation in the Taiwan Strait, Feb. 6, 1999

Emerging Threats and CapabilitiesTestimony of Edward L. Warner, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Threat Reduction before the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee, March 23, 1999.

Statement of General John H. Tilelli, Jr. Commander in Chief United Nations Command/Combined Forces Command and Commander United States Forces Korea before the House Armed Services Committee, 3 March 1999.

Worldwide threats to US security: Patrick Hughes, Director, DIA, Worldwide threats to US security: George J. Tenent, Director, CIA. Hearings before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Feb. 2, 1999.

Cox Report. Issued by U.S. House of Representatives, Select Committee as "U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the Peoples Republic of China". The classified version came out on January 3, 1999. This is the unclassified version.

The United States Security Strategy for the East Asia-Pacific Region, Nov. 23, 1998.

Report of the Commission to Assess the Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States, July 15, 1998. Unclassified Executive Summary. [has sections on Russia, China, North Korea, India, Iran, Iraq, etc.]

U.S. Policy Regarding Satellite Exports to China Testimony by Shirley A. Kan, Analyst in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division Congressional Research Service June 17, 1998, Committees on International Relations and National Security U.S. House of Representatives.

U.S. Security Goals in Asia. Remarks of Walter Slocombe, under secretary of defense for policy, before the House International Relations Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, May 7, 1998.

Statement of General John H. Tilelli, Jr. Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Combined Forces Command & Commander, United States Forces Korea before the House National Security Committee 4 March 1998

Assessing Current and Projected Threats to U.S. National Security Phyllis E. Oakley, Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research, Testimony before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Washington DC, January 28, 1998.

Director of Central Intelligence George J. Tenent before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Hearing on Current and Projected National Security Threats. January 28, 1998.

A DIA Global Security Assessment Prepared remarks by Lt. Gen. Patrick M. Hughes, USA, director, Defense Intelligence Agency, to the Senate Armed Services Committee, Feb. 6, 1997. [Vol. 12 no. 7 of the Defense Issues series]

This assessment covers terrorism, proliferation, drug trafficking, Russia, China, the Middle East, Korea, South Asia and Africa, environmental concerns, humanitarian and refugee question, human rights and economic threats.

A Strategic Framework for the Asian Pacific Rim: Report to the Congress, 1992 Department of Defense.

Speeches by Officials

  1. Adm Thomas Fargo, Commander, U.S. Pacific Command Malaysian Media Roundtable June 23 2004
  2. Adm Tom Fargo, US Pacific Command APCSS Biennial Conference Ilikai Waikiki Hotel Ballroom, 16 Jun 2004
  3. Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, Media roundtable with U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard H. Baker, Jr., at the Ambassador's Residence, Tokyo, Japan, June 3, 2003
  4. Press Roundtable Tokyo Admiral Thomas B. Fargo, USN Commander, U.S. PACOM, Japan 30 March 2003
  5. "An Era of Responsibility and Opportunity" Remarks by PACOM Adm. Thomas B. Fargo at Fudan University - Shanghai, China, 12/17/2002
  6. Press Conference, PACOM Adm. Thomas B. Fargo, Shanghai, China, 12/14/2002
  7. Press Conference, PACOM Adm. Thomas B. Fargo, Jakarta, Indonesia, 08/15/2002
  8. Remarks, PACOM Adm. Thomas B. Fargo at East West Center, Honolulu HI, 08/09/2002
  9. Remarks, at Closing Ceremonies, Balikatan 02-1 by Philippine Executive Secretary Romulo, 07/31/2002
  10. Remarks PACOM Adm. Thomas B. Fargo at Closing Ceremonies, Balikatan 02-1, 07/31/2002
  11. Remarks, PACOM Adm. Thomas B. Fargo to North Pacific Coast Guard Agencies Forum, Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Honolulu, HI, 07/18/2002
  12. Remarks, PACOM Adm. Thomas B. Fargo at APCSS Biennial Conference, Honolulu, HI, 07/17/2002
  13. Testimony Adm. Thomas Fargo to Senate Armed Service Committee for confirmation as PACOM, 04/26/2002
  14. Remarks, PACOM Adm. Dennis Blair to Asia Society, News Media Attending, Hong Kong, 04/18/2002
  15. Remarks Adm. Dennis C. Blair, Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command, at Confederation of Indian Industry, New Delhi, India, November 29, 2001
  16. Transcript Adm. Dennis C. Blair, Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command, Journalists Roundtable, Lemhannas, National Resiliency Institute, Jakarta, Indonesia, November 27, 2001
  17. Transcript Adm. Dennis C. Blair, Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command, Press Roundtable, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November 21, 2001
  18. Transcript Adm. Dennis C. Blair Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command, Press Roundtable, Bangkok, Thailand, November 16, 2001
  19. Transcript Adm. Dennis C. Blair Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command Media Briefing with General Vilanueva, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Lieutenant General Cimatu, Commander, Southern Command Headquarters, Southern Command, Armed Forces of the Philippines Zamboanga City, The Philippines November 14, 2001
  20. Remarks by Admiral Dennis C. Blair Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command Remarks at Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue Conference New Otani Hotel, Waikiki Friday, October 8, 2001
  21. Remarks as prepared for Admiral Dennis C. Blair Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command Remarks at the Australian Defence College Center for Defence & Strategic Studies Canberra, Australia August 1, 2001
  22. Transcript Adm. Dennis C. Blair, Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command, Media Roundtable, Canberra, Australia, Tuesday, July 31, 2001
  23. Transcript, Admiral Dennis C. Blair, Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command, General Diomedio Villanueva, Armed Forces Chief of Staff, Republic of Philippines, Press Conference, Manila, Philippines, Friday, July 13, 2001
  24. Admiral Dennis C. Blair, Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command, Joint Press Conference with Russian Pacific Fleet Commander, Admiral Mikhail Zakharenko Vladivostok, Russia, June 21, 2001
  25. Transcript, USCINCPAC Admiral Dennis C. Blair, Roundtable with Japanese Journalists, Tokyo American Club, Tokyo, Japan March 23, 2001
  26. Transcript Admiral Dennis C. Blair, Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command, Press Conference, Beijing, People's Republic of China, Thursday, March 15, 2001
  27. Admiral Dennis C. Blair, USCINCPAC "Asia-Pacific Security in the 21st Century", January 10, 2001 Malaysian Armed Forces Staff College, Kuala Lumpur
  28. Remarks by Admiral Dennis Blair, USN Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, UC San Diego, April 13, 2000.
  29. Remarks by Admiral Dennis Blair, USN Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command at the Pacific Basin Economic Conference, Honolulu, HI, March 21, 2000.
  30. Remarks by Admiral Dennis Blair, USN Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command at the Carnegie International Non-Proliferation Conference, Washington, DC, March 16, 2000.
  31. Remarks by Admiral Dennis C. Blair, USN Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command at the Institute of Strategic and International Studies Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 8 September 1999.
  32. Collective Responsibilities for Security in the Asia-Pacific Region Remarks by Adm Dennis C. Blair, USN, Commander in Chief, US Pacific Command, at the Institute for Defense and Strategic Studies, Singapore, May 22, 1999.
  33. Asia-Pacific Security and China: A US Pacific Command Perspective Remarks prepared for delivery at Fudan University, Shanghai, China, by Adm. Joseph W. Prueher, USN, Commander in Chief, Pacific Command. November 13, 1998.
  34. Pacific Security and U.S.-Chinese Military-to-Military Relations, Dec. 11, 1997 Remarks prepared for delivery at China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) National Defense University (NDU) by Admiral Joseph W. Prueher, U.S. Navy, Commander-in-Chief, United States Pacific Command, December 11, 1997.
  35. United States Pacific Command: Continuity of Commitment to the Asia-Pacific Region, May 22, 1997 Remarks prepared for delivery by Admiral Joseph Prueher, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Command, before The National Defence Studies Institute of Thailand Bangkok, Thailand, May 22, 1997.
  36. The Asia-Pacific Region: A US Pacific Command Perspective, Apr. 28, 1997 Remarks prepared for delivery at Pacific Symposium '97 by Admiral Joseph Prueher Commander-in-Chief United States Pacific Command April 28, 1997.

Japanese Perspective

  1. Japan Defense Agency
  2. Japan Defense Agency Chief on Security Policy, June 1, 1998.
  3. Japan Defense Agency White Paper, 2001 (Summary)

Russia

  1. The Armed Forces of Russia and Its Geopolitical Priorities, January 2004
  2. Russian Military Doctrine, 2000 [in Russian]
  3. Russian Military Doctrine, 1993
  4. Russian National Security Blueprint, Dec. 1997], Russian National Security Blueprint,[Russian, with 2000 amendment]
  5. Primakov's speech at 4th ARF, July 1997
  6. Primakov's speech at 5th ARF, July 1998

China

A quick guide to the "Blue Team"

  1. China Defense White Paper, Oct 2000
  2. China Defense White Paper, July 1998 This is the web-friendly version.
  3. Jiang Zemin on need for a new security concept Geneva, March 1999.
  4. Tang Jiaxuan's speech at 5th ARF, Manila, July 1998.
  5. Chi Haotian on China's defense policy A speech at Japan's National Institute for Defense Studies, Feb. 4, 1998
  6. Comparison of different security concepts as seen from Beijing Dec. 29, 1997
  7. Chinese army newspaper on 'New Security Concept' Analysis Dec. 24, 1997
  8. Foreign Minister Qian Qichen's speech On "New Security Concept" at 4th ARF, July 1997

Korea

  1. National Defense Policy
  2. Ministry of National Defense White Papers 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2001
  3. See also most of the items under Assessments at the top of this page.
  4. US-ROK SOFA and Related Documents    Mutual Defense Treaty
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Philippines

  1. US-Philippines Mutual Logistics Support Agreement, Nov. 21, 2002
  2. US-Philippines Visiting Forces Agreement - Text
  3. US-Philippines VFA: Public Opinion (1)
  4. US-Philippines VFA: Public Opinion (2)
  5. Find recent press articles   
  6. Report of Congressman Dana Rohrabacher's visit to the Philippines and Taiwan, December 1998. Touchs on the Spratly islands. Rohrabacher toured them by air. See items in the database.
  7. Map of Paracels and Spratlys

South Asia

  1. Draft Report of the National Security Advisory Board on Indian Nuclear Doctrine. August 17, 1999.

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