June 15, 2023 Tailoring U.S. Outreach to Indo-Pacific Allies, Partners The Indo-Pacific is a vast, complicated region with nations of varying capabilities, capacities and needs, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for South and Southeast Asia said.
June 5, 2023 Austin Says U.S. Will Continue Push for Open Indo-Pacific The U.S. continues to send its most modern and capable weapons systems to the Indo-Pacific and DOD has budgeted more than $9 billion to the Pacific Deterrence Initiative, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said.