U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy

Trump’s first term removed the United States from Southeast Asia’s economic future. His second is cutting it out of the region’s strategic present.

How a foreign policy pivot redefined the global map.

Despite its high-decibel MAGA rhetoric, the administration has largely upheld the regional commitments made during Joe Biden's presidency.

The new U.S. president’s remarkable but often untested initiatives add to already complex regional dynamics, hampering viable strategies and policy options seeking stable regional order.

Trump’s regional policy is likely to focus on U.S. military engagement to counter China. The Philippines thus may become a linchpin in U.S. engagement in the Indo-Pacific.

The United States has treated the Indian Ocean as an afterthought in its Indo-Pacific vision.

How a country views the prospect of another Trump term depends in large part on whether or not it already has good relations with the United States.

As it stands, the IPS is too heavily focused on the Pacific. Adding Pakistan to the fold would bolster its ability to address Beijing’s strategic advances in the Indian Ocean.

U.S. doesn’t seek conflict or to contain China INDOPACOM chief Aquilino said, but would take action to support the region against bullying.

Washington needs to enact the concept of “strategic sequencing” to avoid fighting a two-front war against nuclear-armed rivals.

U.S. involvement in the region needs a larger economic component – an area where U.S. policy used to be strong.

President Joe Biden’s decision to skip the APEC Leaders' Meeting sends the wrong message about the U.S. economic commitment to Southeast Asia.