Communist China Tells Secretary Blinken Not To ‘Stir Up Trouble,’ as America Moves To Shore Up Arrangements in Asia

U.S. Forces Japan Becomes a joint forces headquarters, in which command authority is shared with Japan and South Korea.

AP/Achmad Ibrahim, pool
Secretary Blinken, left, and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi at Vientiane, Laos, July 27, 2024. AP/Achmad Ibrahim, pool

Washington is fortifying both military and diplomatic defenses in the Indo-Pacific in anticipation of a possible new era in American foreign policy after President Biden leaves the White House in January.

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