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Free and open Indo-Pacific
Indo-Pacific Conceptions in the Spotlight at China’s Xiangshan Forum
By Prashanth Parameswaran
Despite the many headlines the concept has generated, the state of the conversation and its future prospects remain unclear.
Assessing Trump’s Indo-Pacific Strategy, 2 Years In
By Elliot Silverberg and Matthew Sullivan
How has the implementation of Trump’s free and open Indo-Pacific strategy played out so far?
What’s in the Renewed US-Singapore Military Facilities Agreement?
By Prashanth Parameswaran
A closer look at the significance of the move within the broader bilateral relationship and amid regional developments.
What’s Behind the First India-Singapore-Thailand Trilateral Maritime Exercise?
By Prashanth Parameswaran
A closer look at the significance of the new arrangement.
What Would a US-Vietnam Strategic Partnership Really Mean?
By Prashanth Parameswaran
A closer look at the significance of a potential redesignation of the bilateral relationship.
How Does the Indo-Pacific Defense Chiefs Conference Fit into Asia’s Security Landscape?
By Prashanth Parameswaran
A closer look at the development of a platform for U.S. security engagement in the region.
Maritime Security Exercise Highlights US-Indo-Pacific Defense Ties
By Prashanth Parameswaran
This year’s iteration of SEACAT spotlighted Washington’s security relations with Indo-Pacific countries in the maritime domain.
Japan Keen to Bolster Ties with Pacific Island States
By Grant Wyeth
The island states of the Pacific are pivotal to Japan’s free and open Indo-Pacific strategy.
Can the US Forge a Stronger Mekong Partnership?
By Prashanth Parameswaran
While Washington is trying expand the US role in the Mekong, realizing that goal will require significant efforts.
The Biggest Threat to the US Indo-Pacific Strategy? Washington Itself.
By Derek Grossman
The strategy’s success depends on continued forgiveness from allies and partners.
Hun Sen’s Big Bet: Making Sense of China’s Second Overseas Military Base
By Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran
What is the significance of China setting up its second overseas military base in Cambodia?
What Is the Indo-Pacific?
By Udayan Das
Like every imaginative space, the Indo-Pacific is a construct of contested interpretation.
The Mekong in US Asia Strategy: Opportunities and Challenges
By Prashanth Parameswaran
The subregion is arguably where freedom and openness are under the greatest challenge.
Australia, Japan, US Start Down Their Own Indo-Pacific Road in PNG
By Grant Wyeth
The new trilateral initiative is an obvious reaction to China’s ambitions, but could still yield important results in the region.
Assessing ASEAN’s New Indo-Pacific Outlook
By Prashanth Parameswaran
A look at the regional grouping’s first articulation of its response to the Indo-Pacific concept, and the outlook for its future development.
2019 Shangri-La Dialogue: US-China Divide Lingers Amid Asia’s Anxiety
By Prashanth Parameswaran
The dynamics at play at Asia’s premier security summit only reinforced existing regional worries that the divisions between Washington and Beijing are set to endure.
Assessing the US Indo-Pacific Strategy Report: Current Opportunities and Future Uncertainties
By Prashanth Parameswaran
While the much-anticipated report is a notable development for US Asia policy and offers much promise, there remain uncertainties about how rhetoric will translate into reality.
2019 Shangri-La Dialogue: US-China Competition Looms Over Asia Security Summit
By Prashanth Parameswaran
Given the state of U.S.-China relations, it is a safe bet that the issue will dominate the headlines even as conversations focus on a wider range of security issues.
Southeast Asia and China’s Belt and Road Initiative
By Prashanth Parameswaran
A closer look at the dynamics behind the subregion’s continued management of the opportunities and challenges within the evolving initiative.
Multilateral Presence and the Free and Open Indo-Pacific
By Ankit Panda
A recent multilateral set of drills involving the United States, Japan, India, and the Philippines is a model.
South China Sea Minilateralism: Between Opportunities and Limits
By Prashanth Parameswaran
While joint activities between regional states are no doubt significant, they need to be kept in perspective relative to broader trends.
Japan-Vietnam Military Ties in the Headlines with Defense Minister Visit
By Prashanth Parameswaran
The recent trip by the Japanese defense minister spotlighted ongoing activity in the bilateral relationship.
Transatlantic Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific: Where Does Southeast Asia Fit in?
By Prashanth Parameswaran
A closer look at Southeast Asia’s role within greater transatlantic collaboration in the region.
Advancing Democracy in the US Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy
By Prashanth Parameswaran
Further developing the governance pillar of U.S. Asia strategy will require managing a mix of opportunities and challenges.