Kathleen H. Hicks is the senior vice president, Henry A. Kissinger chair, and director of the international security program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Follow her on Twitter: @kath_hicks.
Accompanied by Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (L), US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (3rd L) reviews an honour guard at the Japanese Ministry of Defense headquarters in Tokyo on April 6, 2014. The US plans to send two more missile defence warships to Japan to counter the threat posed by North Korea's "provocative" actions, Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel said on April 6. AFP PHOTO / POOL / ALEX WONG (Photo credit should read ALEX WONG/AFP/Getty Images)
