The State Department has set a new tone for the United States’ priorities when it comes to foreign assistance in the Indo‑Pacific region, where the country is locked in a battle for influence and ...

Trump’s second-term policies have put allies on their guard and redefined regional power dynamics, analysts say.

It’s not an exaggeration to say that the world’s primary security problem is gender-based violence. Whether in conflict or technical peace, the threats of violence to women and girls are a constant ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. On June 7, 2023, the Council on Foreign Relations’ program on U.S.-Korea Policy ...

Leaders of 18 Pacific island nations and areas agreed to an enhanced role of Japan in the region's development while opposing any attempted coercive activity, in a joint declaration adopted at their ...

Today’s geopolitical circumstance, defined by the rivalry between the United States and China, has redefined the dynamics of regional and global orders. This reality is palpable in the Pacific region, ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 30, 2019 – In a new issue paper published today by the Asia Society Policy Institute, senior trade experts from across the Asia Pacific urge policymakers in the region to take a ...

The 10th annual South Pacific Defence Ministers’ Meeting (SPDMM) convened in Viña del Mar, Chile from October 22-24, amid the escalating imperialist war drive across the region, led by the United ...

In the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan it is not surprising that the United States and allied governments are recentering their foreign policy and military strategies on the Pacific ...

A new study, published today in the journal Science, reveals how millennia of human migration across Pacific islands led to ...

China has a clear mission in Indo-Pacific region: complete dominance, in a silent way. US shouldn't let it happen. That’s according to “The Stealth Superpower: How China Hid Its Global Ambitions,” ...