the Hudson Institute’s Rob Spalding, a retired Air Force general and China expert who helped draft the 2017 White House National Security Strategy, told the Washington Examiner. ... Japan and South Korea are cornerstones of the U.S. alliance system in the Indo-Pacific region. ..…

Over the weekend, French President Emmanuel Macron hosted G-7 summit with leaders from United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, Japan, and Italy, along with President Trump, in attendance Biarritz, France. From skipping meeting on climate change — White House Trump was not short on causing..…