On June 16, the US Department of Defense announced that the US Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) will officially revert to its previous name, the US Pacific Command (PACOM). The move reverses a decision made during President Donald Trump’s first term to include “Indo” in the name of its largest combatant command. This publication reported in June […] The post Why dropping ‘Indo-Pacific’ clarifies the Pentagon’s China strategy appeared first on Asia Times .