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Countries across Southeast Asia do not wish to be pushed into choosing sides when their economic futures depend on maintaining positive ties with China and the United States.

Australia is back for the second year in a row, underscoring the Quad’s deepening commitment to cooperation in the Indo-Pacific.

Mutual distrust has doomed past efforts to settle a deal between the U.S. and North Korea. 

Disentanglement may hurt China more than the United States, but that doesn’t mean the U.S. would benefit. 

Cooperation in Afghanistan, the Indo-Pacific and countering COVID-19 are on the agenda of the bilateral talks.

The secretary of the Navy has final authority and discretion to name and rename ships.

Clear challenges for the India-U.S. bilateral lay ahead over military, economic, and climate matters; tensions over democracy and human rights could flare up at any moment.

Insights from Hans Binnendijk.

Are Chinese subsidies to firms in strategic sectors a threat to the competitiveness of U.S. companies?

Progress will probably require developing small, technical agreements given that big, all-encompassing agreements have proven too difficult under current international circumstances.

Through deepening maritime partnerships, the Quad nations can amplify their mutual naval power in the Indo-Pacific.