Thirty seven defense, diplomatic, and national security officials from 24 governments participated in the “U.S. Strategy in the Indo-Pacific” workshop conducted at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies. Discussing the principles for a free and open Indo-Pacific region formed the basis of a high-level workshop on “U.S. Strategy in the Indo-Pacific.”  The workshop provided a platform for informal discussion between senior leaders in the region and senior U.S. administration officials involved in developing the Indo-Pacific strategy, which complements the U.S. National Security Strategy and the U.S. National Defense Strategy. The two and a half-day workshop was [...]

This week 70 participants from 17 nations attended the 12th ASEAN Defence Minister’s Meeting Plus Experts’ Working Group on Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief in Honolulu. Admiral Harry Harris, Jr., Commander, U.S. Pacific Command provided opening remarks at this second meeting co-hosted by Malaysia and the United States at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies. The meeting included one and a half days of formal sessions and a day of information meetings. Attending the meeting were representatives from nine ASEAN countries and eight “plus’ countries including the United States, Australia, Japan, India, Russia, China, New Zealand and the [...]