Background – Russia – A further look at Russia’s exercises last month.

• Virtual Information Center: Russiaís Show of Force – A Special Press Summary

US Navy – American civilian and military leaders must dismiss the fatally flawed theory that time is on China’s side in the struggle over the fate of Taiwan. The real danger of a PRC attack is in this decade, when Taiwan is most vulnerable, not in the next. Closer military ties with Taiwan, more cautious dealings with China, a strengthened U.S. naval and air presence in the western Pacific, and complementary nonmilitary measures are needed.

• US Naval War College Review: China’s Closing Window of Opportunity