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“The Rule of Law is critical to advance freedom, security and prosperity. China is regularly employing lawfare as a pretext for coercion, using its dedicated three-warfares strategy to isolate, intimidate, and delegitimize countries and their territorial integrity. China declares laws unilaterally and then applies them retroactively; China pressures nations to concede sovereign rights they lawfully possess and use false claims of legitimacy to justify coercion. That is not ‘Rule of Law’, that is ‘Rule by Law’.
– Commander U.S Indo-Pacific Command- Admiral Samuel Paparo, United States Navy
“Peace is not passive; peace must be protected which requires acting together, and is why we must in-vest in strengthening our relationships and advancing our legal interoperability. We must forge bonds across militaries and ministries. Deterrence is a shared responsibility and is exponential when exercised together.”
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
CMDR Jacqueline Swinton Deputy Chief U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Jacqueline.j.swinton.fm@us.navy.mil
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“We live in a decisive decade, where the law is used as a strategic terrain. ‘Legal Warfare’ - the misuse and abuse of the law for national objectives - is pervasive in our region. It demands our attention and combined efforts to expose it and to take timely, transparent and coordinated action to hold those actors accountable.”
- Staff Judge Advocate U.S Indo-Pacific Command, Captain Dustin E. Wallace, United States Navy
“Sometimes we need to look beyond the money; we have to look at what is good for the safety and security of our people long term”
- His Excellency President Surangel S. Whipps, Jr.- Keynote speaker MILOPS 2025