If anything, the absence of any explicit mention of the QUAD (Quadilateral Security Dialogue among Australia, India, Japan, and the U.S.) in the  24-page  National Defense Strategy (NDS) of the United States that was released on January 23 could be yet another instance of the Trump Administration’s confusing signals on the importance of the Indo-Pacific … Continue reading No QUAD, No Taiwan in New U.S. Defense Blueprint: Is Trump Leaving Indo-Pacific Allies To The Wolves?