Chapter
Strategy of Incremental Actions
Use of Law Enforcement Agency Ships and Fishing Vessels
Law Enforcement Agency Ships: Overview
Law Enforcement Agency Ships: Coordination Among Agencies
U.S. Position on These Issues
Position Regarding Territorial Disputes in SCS
Position Regarding Coastal State’s Rights in Its EEZ
Risk of United States Being Drawn Into a Crisis or Conflict
U.S.-Japan Treaty on Mutual Cooperation and Security
U.S.-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty51
Potential Oversight Questions for Congress
Risk of U.S.-China Incidents in China’s EEZ
Option of Reducing U.S. Survey and Surveillance Activities in China’s EEZ
Option of Entering Into a U.S.-China Incidents-at-Sea (INCSEA) Agreement
Potential Oversight Questions for Congress
Whether United States Should Ratify United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
U.S. Arms Sales and Transfers to Philippines or Other Countries
Stationing and Operations of U.S. Forces in the Region
U.S. Weapon Acquisition Programs
Potential Oversight Questions for Congress
Interpreting China’s Rise
U.S. Relations with Countries in the Region
Potential Oversight Questions for Congress
LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY IN 112TH CONGRESS
S.Res. 524 (Agreed to by the Senate)
S.Res. 217 (Agreed to by the Senate)
APPENDIX A. 2002 DECLARATION ON CONDUCT OF PARTIES IN SOUTH CHINA SEA
APPENDIX B. WHETHER CHINA CONSIDERS ITS SCS TERRITORIAL CLAIMS TO BE A “CORE INTEREST”
APPENDIX C. EXCERPTS FROM 2012 HEARINGS ON UNCLOS
June 14, 2012, 10:00 a.m., Hearing
June 14, 2012, 2:30 p.m., Hearing
Chapter 2 SENKAKU (DIAOYU/DIAOYUTAI) ISLANDS DISPUTE: U.S. TREATY OBLIGATIONS∗
U.S. ADMINISTRATION OF THE ISLANDS, 1953-1971
INCLUSION OF THE SENKAKUS (DIAOYU ISLANDS) IN THE OKINAWA REVERSION TREATY
U.S. Position on the Competing Claims
THE U.S.-JAPAN SECURITY TREATY AND THE ISLANDS
Chapter 3 THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND U.S. INTERESTS∗
Policy Issues for Congress
2010 Presidential Elections: Benigno Aquino III
The Arroyo Presidency and Subsequent Arrest
EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS AND POLITICALLY MOTIVATED VIOLENCE
Other U.S. Assistance, Development, and Trade Programs
Millennium Challenge Account
United States-Philippines Partnership for Growth
U.S.-PHILIPPINES SECURITY TIES, MILITARY RELATIONS, AND COUNTERTERRORISM COOPERATION
Visiting Forces Agreement
Joint Military Activities
The Joint Special Operations Task Force–Philippines
Humanitarian and Development Assistance
Armed Forces of the Philippines
INTERNAL SECURITY THREATS
Relations between the MILF, Abu Sayyaf, and Jemaah Islamiyah
2008 Peace Agreement and Its Collapse
Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP)
PHILIPPINES-CHINA RELATIONS AND THE UNITED STATES
PRC Trade, Investment, and Aid
SOUTH CHINA SEA TERRITORIAL DISPUTES
Recent Incidents and Disputes
U.S. Positions and Pledges of Assistance
U.S. Obligations Under the Mutual Defense Treaty
Related Congressional Actions
Chapter 4 TESTIMONY OF KURT CAMPBELL, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE, BUREAU OF EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. HEARING ON ''MARITIME TERRITORIAL DISPUTES AND SOVEREIGNTY ISSUES IN ASIA''∗
Maritime Territorial Disputes Involving China
( Asian Political, Economic and Security Issues )
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