as for the exercises themselves, both sides have insisted they will continue as scheduled beginning
details, however are still lacking for those looking for them. on the u.s. side, it is still unclear what a "refocused and scaled down" exercise - as the u.s. embassy in bangkok put it rather politely in a statement last year - would look loke. in an interview with a thai broadcaster on
russel repeated that familiar refrain and noted that the focus would be on what the embassy had called "non-lethal activities" like humanitarian assistance and disaster relief