Why the US Won’t Leave the Indo-Pacific

The virtual Quad summit held on March 12, 2021. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

The recent summit between Japan, India, Australia, and the United States—also known as the “Quad”— indicates that the diplomatic tempo in the Indo-Pacific is picking up, writes Walter Russell Mead in The Wall Street Journal. The United States has a long history of political, economic and cultural engagement in the region, and will continue this pattern of engagement as a means of countering malign influence from China and shoring up American interests.

Building US-Asian Teamwork Against China

President Joe Biden participating in the virtual Quad summit on March 12, 2021. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The Biden Administration should maintain and expand the Quad to South Korea and Taiwan as a counterweight against Chinese aggression, Seth Cropsey and Harry Halem argue in the National Review. Expanding the Quad to include other important regional partners would bolster U.S. interests and Indo-Pacific stability by increasing deterrence credibility, and could represent the beginning of a formal alliance to contain Chinese aggression and protect the interests of America and its allies.

Asia After President Biden’s Election

The People's Liberation Army. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)

The Biden administration seeks to out-compete China by building a diplomatic-economic xxxxxx that advances cooperative security through the rule of law, writes Dr. Patrick M. Cronin in the East Asia Forum Quarterly. The People’s Liberation Army is prioritizing their economic and technological leadership, which could yield military advantage and could trigger military action. The Biden team must preserve a credible force posture to defend against potential threats with advanced technologies like artificial intelligence and quantum computing to be ready to meet this challenge.

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DoD’s JADC2 Strategy Should Empower Mission Command 

The Pentagon. (Getty Images)

The Pentagon’s effort to develop Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) has refocused attention on C3 (command, control, and communications), which provides troops, ships, and aircraft what they need without taking commanders’ attention away from the mission, Bryan Clark and Dan Patt write in Real Clear Defense. With the U.S. military arguably falling behind the China’s People’s Liberation Army, utilizing the C3 strategy for JADC2 will give America the competitive edge by improving adaptability and resilience while imposing complexity and uncertainty on adversary decision-making.

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