Join IIPS for “Taiwan's Shifting Global Landscape: Security, Partnerships, and Implications."
This event will convene policymakers, defense experts, and international partners to examine Taiwan’s significance for the United States and the broader global community.
Register ✍🏻: ow.ly/3psz50Yqqwa
IIPS Chairman Randy Schriver was honored to meet with Korean Ambassador to the United States Kang Kyung-wha.
Ambassador Kang and Chairman Schriver spoke on Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, trade and investment, energy cooperation, and the future of the alliance.
🚨 ICYMI – “America's New Defense Playbook and What It Means for the Indo-Pacific.”
Catch the full event here 📺: ow.ly/LaWn50YpJL0
🚨 ICYMI – “New Strategic Frontier: Pacific Island Countries and U.S.–Japan Cooperation.”
Catch the full event here 📖📺: ow.ly/Smgz50YpJ7x
📢 Join @iips.bsky.social NEXT WEEK, March 11, for “U.S.-Japan Alliance for the Future.”
General Yoshida (Ret. JGSDF) will discuss Japan’s upcoming revisions to its National Security Strategy, National Defense Strategy and Defense Build-up Plan.
Register ✍🏻: ow.ly/LJ4850Ynaku
A special thanks to our friends at NASA!
@iips.bsky.social spent our morning at the Mary W. Jackson NASA headquarters today. We learned and interacted with Earth observation data and tools at the Earth Information Center and continued discussing opportunities for future collaboration. 🛰️🚀
Join us at KEI TOMORROW for “America's New Defense Playbook and What It Means for the Indo-Pacific.”
We will discuss the evolution of U.S. defense priorities in the region and the implications of the newest defense strategy on South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan.
Register ✍🏻: ow.ly/jitY50YkyHf
Join @iips.bsky.social for “U.S.-Japan Alliance for the Future.”
General Yoshida (Ret. JGSDF) will discuss Japan’s upcoming revisions to its three critical national security documents—National Security Strategy, National Defense Strategy and Defense Build-up Plan.
Register ✍🏻: ow.ly/LJ4850Ynaku
Join IIPS and KEI NEXT TUESDAY for “America's New Defense Playbook and What It Means for the Indo-Pacific.”
We will discuss the evolution of U.S. defense priorities in the region and the implications of the newest defense strategy on South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan.
Register ✍🏻: ow.ly/jitY50YkyHf
Many thanks to those who joined “New Strategic Frontier: Pacific Island Countries and U.S.–Japan Cooperation.”
Kathryn Paik, Ryosuke Hanada, & Mark Lambert discussed the importance of the PICs, and areas to improve engagement for the U.S., Japan, and other allies.
Stay tuned for the event video. 👀
🚨 Happening TODAY, 9-10:30 AM ET, at @iips.bsky.social!
Kathryn Paik, Ryosuke Hanada, & Mark Lambert will discuss PICs, maritime security, and U.S.–Japan coordination.
Register ✍🏻: https://ow.ly/WjJw50YbYVf
Join @iips.bsky.social for “America's New Defense Playbook and What It Means for the Indo-Pacific.”
We will discuss the evolution of U.S. defense priorities in the region and the implications of the newest defense strategy on South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan.
Register ✍🏻: https://ow.ly/jitY50YkyHf
📢 Join IIPS TOMORROW, 9-10:30 ET, for “New Strategic Frontier: Pacific Island Countries & U.S.–Japan Cooperation.”
Kathryn Paik, Ryosuke Hanada, & Mark Lambert will discuss PICs, maritime security, and U.S.–Japan coordination.
Register ✍🏻: ow.ly/WjJw50YbYVf
IIPS Chairman Randy Schriver speaks on @pbsnews.org's Compass Points on China’s increasing authoritarianism and purging of top generals, arguing: “when you relieve so many people...a military leadership that is already known for caution [will] get even more risk averse.”
More: ow.ly/pmSq50Yko8N
🚨Episode 2 of PacTalk is now live!
In this @iips.bsky.social podcast, hosts Randy Schriver and Derek Mitchell dive into the Japanese election, the new U.S.-Taiwan trade deal, and more!
🎧 Find us on YouTube, Spotify, and the IIPS website: ow.ly/5Xy050YkmOP
IIPS Senior Director Yuki Tatsumi comments on Japanese PM Takaichi’s ambitions for constitutional revision, arguing that Takaichi “wants to be remembered as the prime minister who started the process," even if it is not completed on her watch.
More on @asia.nikkei.com 📖: ow.ly/Slhv50Yhltx
📢 Join IIPS NEXT WEDNESDAY, 9-10:30 EST, for “New Strategic Frontier: Pacific Island Countries & U.S.–Japan Cooperation.”
Kathryn Paik, Ryosuke Hanada, & Mark Lambert will discuss PICs, maritime security, and U.S.–Japan coordination.
Register ✍🏻: ow.ly/WjJw50YbYVf
Many thanks to those who joined “Global Security Trends of 2026 in the Indo-Pacific.”
The speakers agreed that the world is entering a third phase of great power competition, discussed changes in U.S. leadership under Trump, and shared their top security trends for 2026.
More 📖: ow.ly/2lbR50Yhkqx
Congratulations to IIPS Research Intern David Dichoso on his first publication with @thediplomat.com.
He writes on Colby’s Northeast Asia tour, trilateral U.S.–ROK–JP cooperation, and the push for “deterrence by denial” — with Taiwan contingency ambiguity looming.
Read it here 📖: ow.ly/5n0G50Yh3q6
Join @iips.bsky.social for “New Strategic Frontier: Pacific Island Countries & U.S.–Japan Cooperation.”
Kathryn Paik, Ryosuke Hanada, & Mark Lambert will discuss PICs, maritime security, and U.S.–Japan coordination.
Register ✍🏻: ow.ly/WjJw50YbYVf
IIPS Senior Director Yuki Tatsumi opines on Japan’s 2/8 snap elections and the historic victory of Prime Minister Takaichi and the LDP. She argues: “The voters gave Takaichi a mandate for change, but they anticipate those changes to come fairly quickly."
More on @thediplomat.com: ow.ly/ptbe50Ye3q8
Join @iips.bsky.social for “New Strategic Frontier: Pacific Island Countries and U.S.–Japan Cooperation.”
Kathryn Paik, Ryosuke Hanada, & Mark Lambert will discuss PICs, maritime security, and U.S.–Japan coordination.
Register✍🏻: ow.ly/WjJw50YbYVf
🚨 ANNOUNCING PacTalk, a new IIPS podcast.
Hosted by IIPS Chairman Randy Schriver and Board Member Derek Mitchell, PacTalk kicks off with candid, bipartisan insights on the latest developments in D.C. and the Indo-Pacific.
🎧 Find us on YouTube, Spotify, and the IIPS website: ow.ly/982P50Ych2r
IIPS Senior Director @michaelmazza.bsky.social wrote on today’s expiration of New START, arguing that "arms controls will remain an important tool," but "the task now is for Washington to set the conditions in which that tool can be wielded effectively.”
More on the IIPS Website: ow.ly/AJNv50Y9xiC
🚨Happening TOMORROW, 8:30 AM, online!
Randy Schriver (IIPS) and Kunihiko Miyake (CIGS) will be discussing emerging security trends of 2026.
It's not too late to join. Register now ✍🏻: ow.ly/foJH50Y5FSQ
IIPS Chairman Randy Schriver on the U.S. approach to Japan's newfound assertiveness against Chinese.
“The United States should capitalize on Japan’s newfound muscularity by building its Indo-Pacific strategy around a revitalized U.S.-Japanese alliance.”
More on Foreign Affairs 📖: ow.ly/Zeoq50Y7LGF
Thanks to those who joined IIPS’s “Maintaining Vigilance in the Pacific: The Role of Unmanned Systems.”
With Iku Tsujihiro, Ben Cipperley, and Yuki Tatsumi, we discussed the growing importance of unmanned systems in shaping Pacific Island security & alliance deterrence.
More 📖: ow.ly/NTcw50Y63vB
Join IIPS for “Global Security Trends of 2026 in the Indo-Pacific.”
With IIPS Chairman Randy Schriver and Canon Institute for Global Studies Director Kunihiko Miyake, we will discuss the impacts of Operation Absolute Resolve for the Indo-Pacific.
Register ✍️: ow.ly/foJH50Y5FSQ
🚨 ICYMI – “Space for the Indo-Pacific, Navigating Challenges & Exploring Opportunities.”
Catch the full event here 📺: ow.ly/B9C250Y5gxi
IIPS Chairman Randy Schriver spoke on cross-strait tensions, the implications of Trump 2.0 for U.S. posture, and the future of security in the Indo-Pacific.
“It looks to me like that there is serious interest in deterring China and maintaining the status quo, or better.”
More 🎧: ow.ly/Xh6F50Y5gmi
