His focus is on security and defense issues in the Western Pacific ... The United States sent one of its aircraft carriers for a trilateral naval exercise this week with its allies, Japan and ...

At the heart of this shift is the Philippines, which faces persistent Chinese incursions into its exclusive economic zone ...

Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — The United States has approved the potential sale of 20 F-16 fighter jets to Manila, giving the key US ally in the Indo-Pacific ... in Southeast Asia,” DSCA said.