Asia-Pacific The Quad Summit report card: ‘Meh’ Interestingly, the only significant progress was in security, not in the many non-military projects the four countries are supposedly focused on.Sarang ShidoreMay 22, 2023
Asia-Pacific Biden's overseas summit cancellations aren't a big deal Claims from many in Washington about the debt ceiling crisis impeding the president's foreign policy are a bit of an overreaction.Sarang ShidoreMay 19, 2023
Asia-Pacific Blinken China policy speech: Nothing new to see here The Secretary's remarks were a rehash of old statements and the usual mixed messages about US competition with Beijing.Daniel LarisonMay 27, 2022
Asia-Pacific Quad Summit: US China-Containment strategy slowly gelling Though the grouping is unlikely to become a formal alliance it's essentially a security bloc by stealth. Sarang ShidoreMay 24, 2022
Asia-Pacific ASEAN’s new math: Washington should think addition, not subtraction Trying to push China and Russia from this dynamic region of the Global South — whose secret sauce is inclusion — will be self-defeating.Sarang ShidoreMay 17, 2022
Asia-Pacific Quad meeting was more of the same, with added Ukraine drama Internal rifts and a do-nothing record have become a hallmark of this US-Japan-India-Australia grouping.Sarang ShidoreFebruary 15, 2022