2019 presents a range of challenge for the world’s most important bilateral relationship.

U.S. allies will welcome the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act.

ARIA is a significant step toward a more engaged U.S. posture in Asia.

Insights from Tiberio Graziani.

Trump has dismissed his inaugural secretary of defense over policy disagreements.

Mattis announces that February 28, 2019, will be his last day in office.

The head of the U.S. intelligence community discussed Russia's treaty violation in more detail than ever before.

What Trump’s latest tirade against Pakistan means for Washington’s plans in Afghanistan.

Kim Yong Chol refused to show up to a scheduled meeting in New York.

China, Iran's biggest oil importer, is still in the dark about a possible sanctions waiver.

The proposal suggests how seriously the administration is thinking about confrontation and competition with China.

The president’s successor will need to offer a path forward that addresses our current self-serving American approach.

The United States and North Korea are at an impasse, two months after the Singapore summit between Trump and Kim.

U.S.-North Korea diplomacy is at an impasse. Will September produce a breakthrough or a collapse?

Can the South China Sea become a front in the U.S.-China trade war?

A senior U.S. State Department official visited Doha to seek out talks with the Taliban.