Ely Ratner Archives

May 31, 2025

Ely Ratner Quoted in The New York Times

New York Times | Ely Ratner, a former U.S. assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific security affairs under President Joseph R. Biden Jr., suggested in a recent essay in Foreign Affairs that the United States and its allies in Asia should form a collective defense pact, similar to NATO..........
May 30, 2025

Ely Ratner Quoted in The Washington Post

The Washington Post | Top U.S. military officials have insisted that, for all of Trump’s disruption, there’s not much rupture in the U.S.’s Asia strategy. In a Foreign Affairs essay this week,..........
May 27, 2025

The Case for a Pacific Defense Pact: America Needs a New Asian Alliance to Counter China

Foreign Affairs | The time has come for the United States to build a collective defense pact in Asia. For decades, such a pact was neither possible nor necessary. Today, in the face of a growing threat from China, it is both viable and essential..........
May 22, 2025

Ely Ratner Quoted in the New York Times

New York Times | “The trajectory is in the right direction. It’s now a question of being able to move fast enough,” Ely Ratner, a former U.S. assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific security affairs under President Biden, said of Taiwan’s military changes during a recent visit to the island.........
May 19, 2025

Ely Ratner Quoted in the Financial Times

Financial Times | "The Shangri-la Dialogue is always uncomfortable for the PLA because nearly everyone there is experiencing China’s assertive and coercive behavior in one fashion or another........
May 14, 2025

Ely Ratner Quoted in New York Times

NY Times | There is continuity here in this region — with Japan, the Philippines, Taiwan, Australia,” Ely Ratner, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs under President Biden, said of alliance ties under Mr. Trump.......