Antony Blinken

The top U.S. diplomat will visit Cambodia and the Philippines en route to a three-nation tour of Africa.

This week's visit to Thailand by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has cast a spotlight on the country's languishing treaty alliance with Washington.

But the Southeast Asian bloc is unlikely to take the punitive line favored by the U.S. and its Western partners.

The China challenge is indeed serious, but the Biden administration’s strategy for addressing it so far has been lacking.

Blinken emphasized cooperation with allies and partners, and even with China itself, in his long-awaited speech.

China drew Washington’s attention back to the Pacific, but regional states hope the U.S. engages beyond geopolitical competition.

Blinken’s trip to Australia for bilateral and Quad meetings will be followed by a visit to Fiji, then a Japan-South Korea-US trilateral in Hawaii.

The U.S. Secretary of State's recent tour sent all the right signals, but some regional skepticism remains.

The U.S. Secretary of State made a broad array of promises, but was frustratingly short on specifics.

Experts say to maintain influence Washington “will need at a minimum to recognize the Taliban government.”

Despite concerns that the Biden administration’s focus on human rights and democracy would entail sharp criticism of New Delhi, Blinken’s visit highlighted the many areas of bilateral synergy.