America’s future strategy in Southeast Asia? Local US allies keen for answers
By France 24
27 February 2017 |
2:57 pm
It began as a bilateral drill between the US and Thai armed forces. Thirty-six-years later, Cobra Gold has ballooned into the biggest multinational military gathering in the Asia Pacific region.
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