Understanding the geopolitics of our world is fundamental to us as military professionals. While the Army training continuum prepares us for our roles it is not exhaustive and does not encompass the ever changing geopolitical environment. It is our responsibility as members of the Profession of Arms to keep across our ever-changing environment. The Directorate of Army Education is helping make that task of understanding the geopolitics of our region easier through a series of resources hosted on The Cove to assist commanders and leaders to prepare educational packages to improve cultural competence of our region across Army. In the upcoming months, The Cove will release five summaries on a consistent list of topics for each specific country. It is prepared as a collection of video, podcast, articles and web resources designed to give a range of understanding from overview to in-depth. References are open source and not peer-reviewed. They are a collection of what the Directorate of Army Education team deem to give you the most knowledge in the most succinct means possible. There are also questions available at the end of each article to easily enable commanders to arrange a collective discussion on the content provided. 

See below for all of the separate pages in the KYR series.

Cook Islands- Diplomacy, Information, Military, Economy, Hot Topics

Pakistan - Diplomacy, Information, Military, Economy, Hot Topics

Maldives - Diplomacy, Information, Military, Economy, Hot Topics

New Caledonia - Diplomacy, Information, Military, Economy, Hot Topics

Vanuatu - Diplomacy, Information, Military, Economy, Hot Topics

Sri Lanka - Diplomacy, Information, Military, Economy, Hot Topics

India - Diplomacy, Information, Military, Economy, Hot Topics

Taiwan - Diplomacy, Information, Military, Economy, Hot Topics

Myanmar - Diplomacy, Information, Military, Economy, Hot Topics

New Zealand - Diplomacy, Information, Military, Economy, Hot Topics

Timor-Leste - Diplomacy, Information, Military, Economy, Hot Topics

Solomon Islands - Diplomacy, Information, Military, Economy, Hot Topics

Brunei - Diplomacy, Information, Military, Economy, Hot Topics

Samoa and American Samoa - Diplomacy, Information, Military, Economy, Hot Topics

Tonga - Diplomacy, Information, Military, Economy, Hot Topics

Antarctica – Diplomacy, Information, Military, Economy, Special Issue

Laos – Diplomacy, Information, Military, Economy, Special Issue

Singapore – Diplomacy, Information, Military, Economy, Special Issue 

Cambodia – Diplomacy, Information, Military, Economy, Special Issue

Malaysia – Diplomacy, Information, Military, Economy, Special Issue

Thailand – Diplomacy, Information, Military, Economy, Special Issue

Indonesia – Diplomacy, Information, Military, Economy, Special Issue

Vietnam – Diplomacy, Information, Military, Economy, Special Issue

Philippines – Diplomacy, Information, Military, Economy, Hot Topics

Fiji – Diplomacy, Information, Military, Economy, The Vuvale Partnership

The Koreas – The Korean Divide and the Korean War, Diplomacy, Information, Military, Economy

Japan – Diplomacy, Information, Military, Economy, Contemporary Issues 

Papua New Guinea – Diplomacy, Information, Military, Economy, Hot Topics 

China – Diplomacy, Information, Military, Economy, Hot Topics 

FORCOMD Task Order 205/21 (DSN) provides additional direction and guidance to Formations and TCs on the need for cultural competence of our region across Army.

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