Mireya Solís

U.S. President Joe Biden and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attend the Japan-U.S. summit meeting at Akasaka Palace state guest house in Tokyo, Japan, May 23, 2022.

As Kishida meets Biden, what is the state of the US-Japan alliance?

Friday, January 20, 2023

United States President Joe Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden walk to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 03 October 2022. President Biden and the first lady are traveling to Puerto Rico to receive a briefing, meet with families and community leaders and participate in a service project following the island wide damage from Hurricane Fiona.Featuring: President Joe BidenWhere: Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesWhen: 03 Oct 2022Credit: Shawn Thew/POOL/CNP/startraksphoto.com/Cover Images

Around the Halls: Assessing the 2022 National Security Strategy

Shadi Hamid, Daniel S. Hamilton, Ryan Hass, Bruce Jones, Patricia M. Kim, Suzanne Maloney, Amy J. Nelson, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Natan Sachs, Bruce Riedel, Melanie W. Sisson, Mireya Solís, Constanze Stelzenmüller, and Andrew Yeo

Friday, October 14, 2022

U.S. President Joe Biden and Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a welcoming ceremony in Tokyo, Japan, on May 23, 2022. Biden launched his plan for U.S. economic engagement in Asia on Monday by initiating the new Indo-Pacific Economic Framework with 13 founding countries. Speaking at the launch event in Tokyo, Biden said that the future of the 21st Century economy will be written in the Indo-Pacific. The 13 initial members of the group, the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), are the U.S., Japan, India, South Korea, Australia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, New Zealand and Brunei, the Biden administration said Monday. The members accounting for about 40% of the world's gross domestic product.

Will Biden’s Asia trip help the US meet its strategic objectives?

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Snow falls in central Tokyo, Japan on January 6, 2022. (Photo by Shingo Tosha/AFLO) No Use China. No Use Taiwan. No Use Korea. No Use Japan.

In vying for economic preeminence in Asia, openness is essential

Friday, January 14, 2022

FILE PHOTO: Workers make Chinese flags at a factory in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, China September 25, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

China moves to join the CPTPP, but don’t expect a fast pass

Thursday, September 23, 2021

Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga bows during speaking to media at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo on September 3, 2021. PM Suga decided not to run for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) presidential election. PM Suga will resign prime minister as his term of office expires at the end of this month. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun )

Suga steps down: Japanese politics in the pandemic era

Friday, September 3, 2021

A photo shows a five-ring Olympic emblem in front of National Stadium in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo on May 30, 2021. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun )

The many narratives of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

Mireya Solís and Laura McGhee

Monday, July 19, 2021

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks to media after announcing that Tokyo, Kyoto and Okinawa will have pre-emergency status under a new prevention law during a government task force meeting at the prime minister's office, Tokyo, Japan, April 9, 2021. Eugene Hoshiko/Pool via Reuters

Suga-Biden summit to rekindle ‘can-do’ spirit of the US-Japan alliance

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

(L-R) US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (Lloyd James Austin III), US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (Antony John Blinken), Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Toshimitsu Motegi and Japan’s Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi attend a joint press conference after US - Japan Security Consultative Committee at Iikura Guest House in Tokyo on March 16, 2021. All of them wear face masks amid a pandemic of the new coronavirus COVID-19. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun )

Around the halls: Experts react to high-level meetings between American and Asian officials

David Dollar, Michael E. O’Hanlon, and Mireya Solís

Friday, March 19, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Containers are seen at the Yangshan Deep-Water Port in Shanghai, China October 19, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song

Is America back? The high politics of trade in the Indo-Pacific

Monday, January 4, 2021