Mar 26, 2025 By Rafiq Dossani When Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe introduced the idea of a Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QSD) to the heads of state of Australia, India, and the United States at a side meeting of the ASEAN Regional…

May 5, 2025 By Derek Grossman This commentary was originally published by Foreign Policy on May 30, 2025. This could be the most volatile geopolitical moment in the Indo-Pacific since World War II. Extreme uncertainty surrounding the Trump administration’s policies is prompting U.S.…

Feb 17, 2025 By Anna M. Dowd and Stephen J. Flanagan In his 1948 Special Message to Congress on the Threat to the Freedom of Europe, President Truman said: “We must be prepared to pay the price for peace, or assuredly we shall pay…

Dec 5, 2024 By Raphael S. Cohen This commentary was originally published by Foreign Policy on December 2, 2024. In November, two watershed moments changed the global geopolitical landscape. For the first time, North Korean troops showed up on the battlefield in the Russia-Ukraine war.…

Global importance of the Indo-Pacific region The Indo-Pacific region will play a critical role in shaping Canada’s future over the next half-century. Encompassing 40 economies, over four billion people and $47.19 trillion in economic activity, it is the world’s fastest…

Aug 22, 2024 By Derek Grossman This commentary was originally published by The Diplomat on August 22, 2024. If former President Donald Trump wins the U.S. presidential election this November, it will have significant implications for U.S. foreign policy, including in Washington’s priority…

The United States’ Enduring Commitment to the Indo-Pacific: Marking Two Years Since the Release of the Administration’s Indo-Pacific Strategy The United States is an Indo-Pacific nation.  As the most dynamic and fastest-growing region on earth, the Indo-Pacific is an essential…

Dec 8, 2023 By Derek Grossman This commentary was originally published by Foreign Policy on December 5, 2023. Awidespread criticism of the Trump administration’s foreign policy is that it wrecked—or at least severely undermined—the United States’ power and standing in the world, particularly…

Oct 24, 2023 By Marigold Black This commentary was originally published by Lowy Institute’s Interpreter on October 25, 2023. Alvin Weinberg, integral contributor to the infamous Manhattan Project, coined the term “Big Science” to describe the large-scale, often multi-nationally funded methods devised to…

May 12, 2023 By Derek Grossman This commentary was originally published by Foreign Policy on May 9, 2023. During a ceremony held in Washington to commemorate the Lunar New Year in 2011, then–Vietnamese Ambassador to the United States Le Cong Phung surprised the…