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PacNet #16 – India, China, and the Evolving Balance in Southeast Asia

India is becoming a significant strategic player in Southeast Asia. Amid intense regional diplomacy, India has strengthened defense ties with Indonesia, sided with the Philippines in South China Sea sovereignty conflicts, and finalized an arms contract with Vietnam. India’s rise in Southeast Asia not only revives their historical ties to the subregion but offers a […]

Pacific Forum’s Annual Dinner Returns, Celebrating 20 Years of Young Leaders Program

Key Figures in Geopolitics to Convene in Honolulu on April 16th, 2024 Honolulu, Hawaii, April 16th, 2024 – The Pacific Forum is delighted to announce the return of its Annual Dinner, a cornerstone fundraising event set to take place on April 16th, 2024, in Honolulu, Hawaii. This year holds special significance as we celebrate the 20th […]

YL Blog #67 – Giving Old Spy-Hunters a New Job: Countering Economic Espionage

In the past decade, the concept of economic security has grown from a low-key political idea to an integral part of contemporary national security. During the 2023 G7 meeting at Hiroshima, the G7 Leaders’ Statement on Economic Resilience and Economic Security showcased this fact by highlighting the importance of mutually beneficial cooperation in this area.[1] […]

PacNet #15 – Will Papua New Guinea sign a bilateral security deal with China?

In September 2023, China approached Papua New Guinea (PNG) with an offer for a security deal to help PNG’s internal policing. This January, after riots in PNG’s capital Port Moresby, talks continued between PNG and China, according to PNG Foreign Affairs Minister Justin Tkachenko. While China’s security deal offer “has not been accepted at this […]

PacNet #14 – The US can help meet Myanmar’s new governance challenges

An earlier version of this article appeared in CSIS on March 1. In Myanmar, hardly a day passes without a report of another village, town, or township being “liberated” by one or more of the ethnic resistance organizations (EROs) or People’s Defense Forces (PDFs) fighting to overthrow the nation’s military junta, the State Administrative Council […]

James A. Kelly

Chairman, Board of Directors, Pacific Forum James A. Kelly is a former assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs. President George W. Bush nominated him on April 3, 2001; he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 26, 2001, and sworn in on May 1, 2001. From 1994 to 2001, Mr. […]

Brad Glosserman

Senior Adviser (Non-resident), Pacific Forum Brad Glosserman is deputy director of and visiting professor at the Tama University Center for Rule Making Strategies and senior advisor for Pacific Forum. For 15 years, he was the executive director of Pacific Forum. He is the author of Peak Japan: The End of Grand Ambitions (Georgetown University Press, 2019), and co-author, with Scott […]

Ryo Hinata-Yamaguchi

Adjunct Senior Fellow Ryo HINATA-YAMAGUCHI is a Project Assistant Professor at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Tokyo and Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Pacific Forum. Ryo has presented, published, and consulted on a variety of topics relating to defense and security, and transport governance in the Indo-Pacific. Ryo previously served as a Non-Commissioned […]

John Hemmings

Senior Director, Indo-Pacific Foreign and Security Policy John HEMMINGS is Senior Director of Indo-Pacific Foreign and Security Policy Program at the Pacific Forum. He specializes in US alliances and strategic competition, with a particular focus on the US Indo-Pacific Strategy, the US-Japan Alliance, AUKUS, the FVEY, the Quad, and other minilaterals. Prior to assuming this […]

Bonnie Glaser

China Power Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies Bonnie S. Glaser is a senior adviser for Asia and the director of the China Power Project at CSIS, where she works on issues related to Chinese foreign and security policy. She is concomitantly a nonresident fellow with the Lowy Institute in Sydney, Australia, and a […]