Caption
A US infantryman releases a Neros Archer small unmanned aircraft system for a test flight at Fort Irwin in California on October 25, 2025. (US Army)
Indo-Pacific
Indo-Pacific
Header image
Caption
(Screenshot via Fox News)
Caption
Ezra Jin Mingri, head pastor of Zion Church, poses in Beijing days after authorities shut down one of China's largest “underground” churches on September 12, 2018. (Getty Images)
Caption
President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrive to speak to troops aboard USS George Washington at Fleet Activities Yokosuka on October 28, 2025, in Yokosuka, Japan. (Getty Images)
Caption
(What Really Matters logo)
Caption
Upon his arrival at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on October 26, 2025, in Kuala Lumpur, President Donald Trump is greeted by Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. (Getty Images)
Caption
(School of War Logo)
Caption
(Screenshot via PBS)
Caption
Saint Ignatius Cathedral in Shanghai is seen on April 22, 2025. (Getty Images)
Caption
Ezra Jin Mingri, founding pastor of Zion Church, gives a sermon during a house church service in Beijing, China, on April 6, 2008. (Getty Images)
Caption
(Screenshot via YouTube)
Caption
Demonstrators protest near Tower Bridge over plans to build a new Chinese embassy at Royal Mint Court on March 15, 2025, in London. (Getty Images)
Caption
An aerial view of a container ship arriving at the Port of Oakland on October 10, 2025, in Oakland, California. (Getty Images)
Experts
Patrick M. Cronin
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
Bill Drexel
Senior Fellow
Garrett Exner
Adjunct Fellow
Mike Gallagher
Distinguished Fellow
Taro Hayashi
Japan Chair Fellow (Nonresident)
Charles Horner
Senior Fellow
Jason Hsu
Senior Fellow
Komei Isozaki
Japan Chair Fellow
Melanie Kirkpatrick
Senior Fellow
Mary Kissel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
John Lee
Senior Fellow
H.R. McMaster
Chair of the Advisory Board, Japan Chair
Walter Russell Mead
Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
Masashi Murano
Senior Fellow, Japan Chair
Satoru Nagao
Fellow (Nonresident)
Liselotte Odgaard
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
James J. Przystup
Senior Fellow, Japan Chair
Steven Quay
Senior Fellow
Nate Sibley
Fellow and Director, Kleptocracy Initiative
Mark Siegel
Adjunct Fellow
Robert Spalding
Senior Fellow
Paul Sracic
Adjunct Fellow
Koichiro Takagi
Japan Chair Fellow (Nonresident)
Iku Tsujihiro
Research Associate
Riley Walters
Senior Fellow
Kenneth R. Weinstein
Japan Chair
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
Miles Yu
Senior Fellow and Director, China Center
