Pacific

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There are plenty of reasons Asia has been multipolar for almost all of recorded history, and Beijing understands them all.

The West needs a strong, committed, engaged White House to hedge against China’s inexorable rise.

Officers throughout the Chinese navy believe that China will soon end the United States’ decades-long naval hegemony in the Western Pacific.

The secretary of defense's trip to Singapore presents an opportunity to address the region as a whole.

China has begun increasingly relying on economic coercion to pressure its neighbors and threaten U.S. interests in the Pacific.

And it was right under our noses.

And all he needs is for the tiny island nation of Kiribati to sign on the dotted line.

The likely death of the hard-fought TPP pact has left even Washington's closest allies wondering about its credibility.

A group of Danish parliamentarians won rare access to an Australian offshore detention center where abuse and exploitation are rampant.

The White House is pressing Congress to get Obama's Asian trade deal done before the president leaves office.

The White House is pushing back against threats to delay Obama's signature trade deal until after the 2016 elections.

Speak clearly and keep your radar on, America.

The release of the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership has critics lining up to try to bring it down.

A theory on where former President George H.W. Bush discovered the phrase "iron-ass."

Past the white sand beaches, the country's human rights situation has gone from bad to worse — and this paradise has become anything but.

FP is convening top-level experts, diplomats, and government officials to discuss the importance of one of the Pacific’s most important bilateral relationships: the United States and Japan.

In a potentially massive win for the White House, negotiators agree on the Trans-Pacific Partnership.