What new leadership in Japan will mean for US, regional relations
UPDATE: Fumio Kishida, officially elected prime minister today in a parliamentary vote, may seek more independence from Washington.
UPDATE: Fumio Kishida, officially elected prime minister today in a parliamentary vote, may seek more independence from Washington.
But unlike AUKUS, the US-Japan-Australia-India compact has a narrow path to emerge as a constructive actor in Asia.
Taiwan has increasingly become a test, though Japan’s interest in strengthening its security goes beyond Taipei.
But it shouldn’t be. Not all alliances should be treated the same, but China threat inflation drives the conversation that way anyway.
Beltway policymakers are routinely threatening war with Beijing without seriously considering the possibility of losing.
He wasn’t just a veep and failed presidential candidate. His work with Japan offers truly poignant lessons for future diplomats.
Compartmentalizing these issues will avoid an unnecessary conflict and provide space to highlight abuses in Hong Kong and Xinjiang.
US, Japanese, and South Korean officials met today to coordinate their approach: they should start by focusing on a peace regime.
Lloyd Austin and Antony Blinken’s trip to Japan and South Korea last week was preceded by an expansive lobbying blitz from both countries in Washington.
We’re busting the deficit for allies who don’t necessarily want it. Is this what Biden means by “foreign policy for the middle class?”
A new report proposes the US-India relationship could thrive with a non-military, regional balancing approach instead.
Reps. Andy Kim and Young Kim urged the secretary of state to move forward on humanitarian issues and formally ending the war.
A recent Quincy Institute event explored how the US can work toward greater regional stability while engaging allies on shared interests.
A new report from a trilateral working group outlines a path forward.
A new approach requires recognition of the dangers of aggressive, ideologically driven policy centered on containing China.
The Blob is swooning over the prospect of ‘reaffirming’ foreign security pacts, with no thought over whether they are still useful.
With Blinken and Haines in charge, Biden’s approach could send fragile relationships back to square one.
With no sign of a vaccine in sight, the trans-Pacific movement of American soldiers who could serve as a significant vector for disease represents a clear and present danger for Japan.
The coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt is back at sea to join other U.S. warships in projecting power into the Western Pacific.
If a restrained U.S. foreign policy means pulling back on security commitments around the world, might that result in nuclear weapons proliferation? And is that a bad thing?