Always fun being on PBS NewsHour, especially to talk about the big announcements this week from the United States, Japan, and the Philippines.

As I told Nick Schifrin, I think these are major moves with lasting importance. More here:

youtu.be/rbQTJOhSS4U?si…

Looking forward to talking about the importance of deeper US-Japan alliance integration CSIS on Thursday.

Join Joseph Nye, Rich Armitage, Chris Johnstone, Sheila A. Smith, Wendy Cutler, Dr. Michael Green, Victor Cha, Matthew P. Goodman, me, + more.

Details here: csis.org/events/us-japa…

Looking forward to speaking at Yale on Monday about US-China competition and the global order at Paul Tsai China Center and International Security Studies with Susan Thornton.

Join us! More details here:

If you're in St. Louis tomorrow, please join us for a discussion with Professor Satoru Mori 森　聡 and Senator Jim Talent about the United States, Japan, China, and Taiwan.

Sign up here: jasstl.org/event-5587812

A pleasure to see President-Elect Lai again and hear more about his thinking on Taiwan-US ties and cross-Strait issues!