Offshore Engagement: The Right U.S. Strategy for Asia
Offshore engagement presents a middle ground between offshore balancing and deep commitment.
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Should America ‘Spread the Theater’ in Asia?
In applying a football metaphor to the Indo-Pacific the US Navy ought to ask itself some hard questions.
How ‘Fat Leonard’ Scammed the US Navy
The U.S. Navy may be the most powerful military force on the planet, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t subject to a scam now and then. After a series of suspicions for the past four years that something was awry, Navy officials and federal prosecutors have figured out how one Malaysian businessman was swindling the Navy for millions of dollars in lucrative contracts. What’s worrisome is how easy it was for him to glean classified and sensitive information through bribery. Glenn Francis Leonard – known within the navy as “Fat Leonard” – and his Singapore-based firm, Glenn Defense Marine Asia (GDMA), not only managed to scam the U.S. Navy during a time of relative defense austerity, but did so by recruiting senior naval officials as moles. The controversy is thus being reported widely as an episode of corruption rather than mere incompetence. According to the Wapo , "The informants allegedly leaked sensitive information about contracts as well as closely ...