On Saturday morning at the Shangri-La defense dialogue in Singapore, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter delivered a long-anticipated speech on security issues in Asia.

This month's edition of the International Security Program's electronic publication includes:

Overhead Cuts Need Oversight
By Mark Cancian (Colonel, USMCR, Ret.)

Measuring Shifting U.S. Regional Engagement

What a few weeks it has been for Russian President Vladimir Putin. As the crisis in Ukraine grinds on and Russia’s economy continues to sputter, Putin seems to recognize that it is time for a new approach, and it appears the stasis that has prevailed since the...

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The Philippines’ most credible deterrent to China’s stepped-up unilateral actions in the South China Sea is under the pen of Maria Lourdes Sereno, the chief justice of the Philippine Supreme Court.

Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany will welcome her peers from the world’s largest advanced democracies to the Bavarian luxury hotel of Schloss Elmau on June 7 for the annual G7 summit. 

It is always dangerous to be optimistic about sagacity and proportionality among the policy makers in Pakistan. Yet the ghastly December 16, 2014 slaughter by the Pakistani Taliban of over 145 people—132 school students, 10 of their teachers, three soldiers and...

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On May 7, 2015 Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) introduced the Global Food Security Act, or S. 1252. Meanwhile, the House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously voted the House version, H.R. 1567, co-sponsored by Representatives Christopher Smith (R-NJ) and...

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The big day was just as she had dreamed. In her white dress, the Saudi woman danced with her friends, following the catered reception and presentation of gifts. But most telling about the jubilant scene was the cake: on top stood a figurine of a bride cradling her groom’s...