Guam: U.S. Defense Deployments Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Guam: U.S. Defense Deployments

Creator

  • Author: Kan, Shirley A.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Specialist in Asian Security Affairs
  • Author: Niksch, Larry A.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Specialist in Asian Affairs

Publisher

  • Name: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
    Place of Publication: Washington D.C.

Date

  • Creation: 2009-05-22

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: The United States military has been building up forces on the U.S. territory of Guam to increase deterrence and power projection for possible responses to crises and disasters, counter-terrorism, and contingencies in support of South Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Taiwan, or elsewhere in Asia. But the defense buildup on Guam is moderate. China has concerns about the defense buildup. Guam's role has increased with plans to withdraw some U.S. forces from Japan and South Korea. This report describes in brief detail the various cooperative efforts, including financial efforts, undertaken by the U.S. and the above nations.
  • Physical Description: 7 pages.

Subject

  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Foreign policy
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Foreign relations - U.S. - Japan
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Foreign relations - Japan - U.S.
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Counterterrorism
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Defense policy
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Defense budgets
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Defense economics
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Foreign relations - U.S. - Guam
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Foreign relations - Guam - U.S.

Coverage

  • Place Name: Guam
  • Place Name: South Korea
  • Place Name: Japan
  • Place Name: Philippines
  • Place Name: Taiwan
  • Place Name: China

Collection

  • Name: Congressional Research Service Reports
    Code: CRSR

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • CRS Report Number: RS22570
  • Accession or Local Control No: RS22570_2009May22
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc26333
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