Asia & the Pacific

Hand out photo dated May 30, 2020 of The Arleigh-burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) conducts a replenishment at sea training evolution alongside the Nimitz class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Two US aircraft carriers have carried out drills in the South China Sea, a US Navy spokesman said Saturday, after the Pentagon expressed concerns over Chinese military exercises around a disputed archipelago. The USS Nimitz and USS Ronald Reagan conducted dual carrier operations in the waterway to "support a free and open Indo-Pacific," the spokesman said. China's expanding military presence in the contested waters has worried several of its neighbours. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Samuel Hardgrove via ABACAPRESS.COM

Rule the waves, rule the world

Bruce Jones and Fred Dews

Friday, September 17, 2021

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks during the official launch of the CDC Southeast Asia Regional Office in Hanoi, Vietnam, August, 25, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/Pool

What did Kamala Harris’ trip do for US engagement in Southeast Asia?

Jonathan Stromseth and Adrianna Pita

Friday, August 27, 2021

An event to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party is held at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on July 1, 2021. (Kyodo)==KyodoNO USE JAPAN

Global China’s growing role in the world

Ryan Hass, Emilie Kimball, and Bill Finan

Friday, July 9, 2021

People taking selfies near a footbridge decorated with lanterns ahead of the Lunar New Year, amid the Covid-19 pandemic.The island country will see few people in the streets as events, activities and gatherings for festival celebration have been cancelled or postponed to avoid the transmission subsequent to a cluster of domestic outbreak. (Photo by Daniel Tsang / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Can Taiwan have security AND the good life?

Richard C. Bush and Bill Finan

Friday, April 23, 2021

Flags of USA and China

What does the US-China Alaska summit mean for India and the Quad?

Tanvi Madan, Sriram Lakshman, and Ananth Krishnan

The Hindu

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

US President Joe Biden (L) and Secretary of State Antony Blinken (R) meet virtually with their counterparts in the ÔQuad,Õ Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia, and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan, from the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington DC, USA, 12 March 2021. No Use Germany.

What does the Quad summit signal for U.S. engagement in the Indo-Pacific?

Tanvi Madan and Adrianna Pita

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Leaders of Quad member countries meet in March 2021.

The Quad, Indian democracy, and Modi’s economic reforms

Tanvi Madan, Milan Vaishnav, and Sadanand Dhume

Grand Tamasha

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

The inaugural Quad leaders meeting with the President of the United States Joe Biden, the Prime Minister of Japan Yoshihide Suga, the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison during a virtual meeting in Sydney, Saturday, March 13, 2021. (AAP Image/Pool/Dean Lewins) NO ARCHIVING

International Women’s Day special: Women in defense and foreign policy

Tanvi Madan, Olivia Nelson, Danielle Cave, Lisa Sharland, Jenna Allen, Anastasia Kapetas, and Khwezi Nkwanyana

Policy, Guns & Money

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Hiroshi Kajiyama speaks to media after attending Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, RCEP, meetingheld via video conference on Nov. 15, 2020. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun )

Trading places: America, Japan, and regional trade

The Asia Chessboard

Monday, March 1, 2021

An official adjusts the microphones in front of U.S. and India flags, before a joint news conference with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and U.S. Secretary of Defence Mark Esper, in New Delhi, India, October 27, 2020. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

How India-US ties could look under Biden

Tanvi Madan and Archana Chaudhary

Bloomberg

Tuesday, January 19, 2021