PACIFIC FORUM INTERNATIONAL THE GOAL IS TO STRENGTHEN COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED STATES TO PROMOTE STRATEGIC STABILITY AND NONPROLIFERATION WITH ASEAN COUNTRIES IN A CONTEXT IN WHICH THESE COUNTRIES EXPRESS RENEWED INTEREST IN NUCLEAR POWER AND ARE BECOMING TECHNOLOGICALLY CAPABLE, AND IN AN INCREASINGLY COMPETITIVE AND CONTESTED SECURITY ENVIRONMENT, NOTABLY CHARACTERIZED BY DETERIORATING US-CHINA AND US-RUSSIA RELATIONS (AND HIGHLY CONFLICTUAL US-NORTH KOREA RELATIONS).