Anything we can do to bring down nuclear tensions on the peninsula I will sort of have a default in favor of.

It is not at all clear and it has not been at various times that the Chinese understand our commitment to Taiwan.

It is important that we continue to press the North on these human rights violations.

You got to stand up to China. You got to stand up to them.

The United States should look for ways to block the North Korean plan to mate nuclear weapons with intercontinental range ballistic missiles.

My worry is that the discussion will involve strategies that may pay attention on the Korean Peninsula but that may not reassure our allies generally.

During President Xi's visit to the U.S. in March of last year President Obama in a very small group privately told President Xi that it would be a mistake for China to invade a specific South China Sea island.

the U.S. Congress should do what is necessary to reassert its traditional prerogative as conscience of the country

North Korea and the regime of Kim Jong Un continue to pose an imminent and unpredictable threat to their neighbors.

This is something that requires us to be involved and engaged with other countries.

I am a believer that we cannot have stability in a region while there are ongoing atrocities happening without anybody being held accountable.

The difference between the threat we face today versus the threat we faced even a decade ago is quite substantial.

You have to stand up in my judgment not with tweets, not publicly, not with name-calling, but privately.

The Asia-Pacific region is critical to current and future U.S. economic growth, competitiveness, and job creation.

We cannot ignore the fundamental fact that it is Asia that will be critical for the U.S. economy to grow.

It does not seem like that is what China is doing.

There is no place in the modern world for powerful countries coercing smaller neighbors through threat of force...

It is the policy of the United States to develop and to commit to a long-term strategic vision and a comprehensive, multifaceted, and principled United States policy for the Indo-Pacific region.

will China's rise undermine democracy, human rights, the rule of law, and regional prosperity?

The Chinese understand and respect strength better than any other people I know.

I spend a lot of time thinking about the U.S.-India relationship.

I think it is very important that we do this.

If you are not going to be here, then we are going to be doing a lot more with China.

North Korea is a unique case, a closed society where horrific violations of human rights occur countless times every single day.

I would look for an opportunity--it has to be done carefully--to restate the American commitment to the idea that Taiwan's status...