Indo-Pacific

The United States has trade leverage with China, but not as much as Washington thinks

By Josh Lipsky, Mrugank Bhusari

Diversification away from China is proving far more difficult for high value-added goods such as electronics - and the incoming Trump administration knows that.

‘You cannot separate’ the ‘unholy alliance’ that is Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea, warns Congressman Michael McCaul

By Katherine Golden

Ukraine is central to US interests because if Ukraine falls, it will embolden US adversaries, McCaul said at an Atlantic Council Front Page event.

Congressman Michael McCaul on why a deal with Russia on Ukraine must have ‘enforcement’

McCaul addressed the threat that Russian aggression poses to US interests, highlighting Moscow’s expanding alliances with North Korea, Iran, and China.

Suspected sabotage by a Chinese vessel in the Baltic Sea speaks to a wider threat

By Elisabeth Braw

Undersea cables and pipelines are acutely vulnerable to geopolitically motivated harm, as events of the last week have demonstrated.