Tim Kaine

The stakes are too high to embark on any other course.

No country can shape in a positive way the future of the region in isolation.

America's alliance with Japan stands as the cornerstone of prosperity, security, and stability throughout the Indo-Pacific region.

Today, more than ever, alliances are critical to our national security. Alliances and allies matter.

I've called for ending the almost 44-year U.S. policy of strategic ambiguity in favor of strategic clarity.

We must never allow the PRC to dictate America's Taiwan policy.

They need our tangible support . . . not our best wishes.

The circumstances are pretty dire, and I really do not think the majority of Americans recognize the urgency of the situation.

We need to level with the American people about just how much trouble we are in.

It is frustrating to us that we have not been able to be more effective in communicating to our constituents the urgency of these issues.

We should be less concerned about provoking China than we should be concerned about bolstering our friends, allies, and partners in the region.

I think the U.S. strategy has been to just push that back a day at a time, a year at a time.

The significantly improved bilateral and trilateral relationships that are playing out now are the benefit of that outreach.

There is no economic or security issue that can be resolved in Northeast Asia without the active participation and cooperation between Seoul and Tokyo.

I think sometimes those of us on this side of the dais understand some realities, but we do not explain them that well.

I think Secretary Blinken and President Biden and Senators Cardin and Risch through ratifying COFA, through spending time with Pacific Island leaders, have done is to show the respect to other sovereigns.

AUKUS was a striking innovation in terms of security and deterrence.

Our biggest weakness is our political division, is our inability to show that confidence, that bipartisan strength.

They recognize that Americans have wearied of bearing so much of the burden of being that guarantor of the free and open global system.

The United States intends to still be the indispensable global partner with this network of alliances, this lattice of security arrangements we have.

The North's unrelenting pursuit of nuclear weapons, the means to deliver them, and its unmitigated aggression toward South Korea and America should concern us all.

Clearly, this is no path toward peace.

I'm a big fan and booster of the Quad.

AUKUS is a game changer.

This trilateral will change the power dynamic in the South China Sea.