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U.S. President Joe Biden, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi hold a Quad meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan, May 20, 2023.
U.S. President Joe Biden, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi hold a Quad meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan, May 20, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

This Weekend’s Leaders Summit Brings Prospects for a More Sustainable and Useful Quad

At their upcoming summit in Delaware, the leaders of the four Quad countries have an opportunity to build on long-running efforts to transform the grouping into one that is more sustainable, practical, and welcomed in the Indo-Pacific. Read More

India
What Did Prime Minister Modi’s State Visit Achieve?
Modi’s state visit led to positive outcomes for both India and the United States, demonstrating how important the bilateral relationship has become to the two countries.
Myanmar
Myanmar’s Military Suffering, Could Actually Lose
Myanmar's junta continues to lose control of territory, even in urban areas it has tightly controlled up to this point.
India
Modi's State Visit: Prospects for the U.S.-India Relationship and Navigating the Global Order
The U.S.-India partnership has been transformed from a tense relationship into one of expanding cooperation across sectors, exemplified symbolically through Modi's state visit.
  • India
    Modi’s State Visit Reveals U.S. Foreign Policy Priorities
    Biden’s invitation to Modi to conduct a state visit indicates that the U.S.-India partnership is critically important to the United States.
  • Taiwan
    Why Is Taiwan Important to the United States?
    Taiwan’s fate will have major implications for U.S. security and prosperity. It will also bear on fundamental questions of international order and the future of democracy.
  • Cambodia
    Cambodia Continues Toward Complete Authoritarianism as Southeast Asia Shrugs
    Cambodia will hold national elections in July amid an increasingly repressive political environment.