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Indo-Pacific Strategy
![Trump Signs Asia Reassurance Initiative Act Into Law Trump Signs Asia Reassurance Initiative Act Into Law](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-43418578930_b3355fb945_k.jpg)
Trump Signs Asia Reassurance Initiative Act Into Law
By Ankit Panda
The act authorizes $1.5 billion in new spending for U.S. initiatives in Asia.
![Looking Back on 2018 in Asian Geopolitics Looking Back on 2018 in Asian Geopolitics](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-35077487_1710064965747896_6376607351595597824_o.jpg)
Looking Back on 2018 in Asian Geopolitics
By Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran
What were the themes and events that defined the past year in Asian geopolitics?
![India and the ‘Quad’: Forging an Innovative Approach India and the ‘Quad’: Forging an Innovative Approach](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-35518469156_98290f7310_k.jpg)
India and the ‘Quad’: Forging an Innovative Approach
By Harsh V. Pant and Paras Ratna
India needs to be innovative in dealing with challenges and leveraging opportunities that arrangements like the Quad present.
![As Modi Gears Up to See Abe Again, What's Holding Back India-Japan Ties? As Modi Gears Up to See Abe Again, What's Holding Back India-Japan Ties?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-15082300726_6fa28c0f9e_k.jpg)
As Modi Gears Up to See Abe Again, What's Holding Back India-Japan Ties?
By Rupakjyoti Borah
Much work remains ahead for the India-Japan bilateral relationship.
![Continuing Convergence: India-US 2+2 Meeting Shows Inexorable Progress in the Relationship Continuing Convergence: India-US 2+2 Meeting Shows Inexorable Progress in the Relationship](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-43597721685_737baec12f_k.jpg)
Continuing Convergence: India-US 2+2 Meeting Shows Inexorable Progress in the Relationship
By Harsh V. Pant
India and the United States took a major leap with the successful conclusion of the first-ever 2+2 dialogue.
![Will the Historic US-India 2+2 Meeting Add Up? Will the Historic US-India 2+2 Meeting Add Up?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-35522650136_1d21fbfcbf_z.jpg)
Will the Historic US-India 2+2 Meeting Add Up?
By Raymond J. Vickery Jr.
The United States will need to supplement the 2+2 with a forward-leaning and consistent U.S.-India economic initiative.
![Japan's Indo-Pacific Defense Outreach Continues in Sri Lanka and India Japan's Indo-Pacific Defense Outreach Continues in Sri Lanka and India](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-dljensvxcaenm-k.jpg)
Japan's Indo-Pacific Defense Outreach Continues in Sri Lanka and India
By Rupakjyoti Borah
Itsunori Onodera became the first Japanese defense minister to visit Sri Lanka.
![Ministerial Dialogue Puts India-Japan Defense Ties in the Spotlight Ministerial Dialogue Puts India-Japan Defense Ties in the Spotlight](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-dlbyxozx4aezync.jpg)
Ministerial Dialogue Puts India-Japan Defense Ties in the Spotlight
By Ankit Panda
India and Japan begin their first-ever defense technology collaboration on unmanned ground vehicles.
![Japan-US Relations: Indo-Pacific Strategy and the Quad Japan-US Relations: Indo-Pacific Strategy and the Quad](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-37198977710_765b5fe624_b.jpg)
Japan-US Relations: Indo-Pacific Strategy and the Quad
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Stephen R. Nagy.
![Pompeo's $113 Gambit to Preserve Asia's Status Quo: Necessary, But Not Sufficient Pompeo's $113 Gambit to Preserve Asia's Status Quo: Necessary, But Not Sufficient](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-41935545450_06206854bf_k.jpg)
Pompeo's $113 Gambit to Preserve Asia's Status Quo: Necessary, But Not Sufficient
By Ankit Panda
Don't fall into the trap of comparing apples to oranges.
![Mattis to Visit China, Japan, and South Korea With South China Sea, North Korea in Mind Mattis to Visit China, Japan, and South Korea With South China Sea, North Korea in Mind](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-01-26_19-52-37.jpg)
Mattis to Visit China, Japan, and South Korea With South China Sea, North Korea in Mind
By Ankit Panda
The trip will be Mattis' first to China as U.S. secretary of defense.
![The 2018 Shangri-La Dialogue: Probing the 'Indo-Pacific' and Deterring the Fait Accompli The 2018 Shangri-La Dialogue: Probing the 'Indo-Pacific' and Deterring the Fait Accompli](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-42460277062_5895a4e24f_k.jpg)
The 2018 Shangri-La Dialogue: Probing the 'Indo-Pacific' and Deterring the Fait Accompli
By Ankit Panda
Familiar themes and new anxieties were apparent at Asia's premier security dialogue in 2018.