On March 17, Secretary Tillerson traveled to the Republic of Korea for meetings with senior officials to discuss bilateral and multilateral issues, including the United States’ “ironclad” support of the U.S.-… more
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson traveled to Tokyo, Japan on March 16, 2017. In his first trip to the East Asia and Pacific region, he met with senior Japanese officials to discuss a range of bilateral… more
From state fragility to hybrid warfare, contemporary national security challenges require us to leverage defense, diplomacy, and development -- often all at the same time. Traditionally, the U.S. Department of… more
Concerned you missed key foreign policy coverage over the last week? Don’t worry. We’ve got you covered. In our This Week at State posts, we’ll distill -- all in one place -- the latest State Department… more
Illicit narcotrafficking and drug use present an inherently transnational problem -- drug traffickers clearly don’t respect national borders. To succeed in combatting drug trafficking, then, the good guys must… more
Today, on the margins of the G-20 meeting of foreign ministers in Bonn, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea Yun Byung-se, and Minister for Foreign… more
President Donald J. Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held their first official meeting today at the White House. Following their meeting, President Trump and Prime Minister Abe released a joint… more
In 2011, an earthquake and tsunami brought unimaginable destruction to Japan. These natural disasters were made more catastrophic by their impact on nuclear reactors at Fukushima. Though almost six years have… more
On January 23, 2017, President Donald Trump took action to permanently withdraw the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a multinational trade agreement. The President’s memorandum regarding… more
