Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy

The “Strategic Framework for the Indo-Pacific” reveals few surprises, and even fewer successes, in the last days of the Trump administration.

Reading the recently declassified document side-by-side, the 2019 Indo-Pacific Strategy Report highlights interesting inconsistencies.

The document lays out ambitious aims for the region, with little apparent sense of how they can be fulfilled.

If the FOIP strategy is to succeed, the two countries have some work to do.

A shift in language may signal some changes to the Trump administration’s headline Asia policy.

As the U.S. and its allies compete with China, the North Pacific is emerging as a key battleground.

Days before the US presidential election, the U.S. secretary of state soldiers on with the Trump administration’s free and open Indo-Pacific strategy.

India’s recent decision to include Australia in the Malabar exercises is a significant step toward a militarized Quad. But what should the grouping keep in mind going forward?

A shared threat from China should have led Australia, India, and Japan to rally behind the U.S. Why hasn’t that happened?

The U.S. sees the need for “effective multilateralism” in the region – hinting that it considers ASEAN a lost cause.

It will be the first in-person talks among the four foreign ministers since the coronavirus pandemic broke out.