Indo-Pacific Peace Strategy Is Abe’s Legacy to Combat Threat From Communist China: Experts

Then-U.S. President Donald Trump with then-Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the start of talks at the venue of the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 28, 2019. Kimimasa Mayama/Pool/Getty Images

As global leaders continue to extend condolences to the family of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated on July 8 while delivering a speech on the campaign trail for his party, experts are remembering Abe for his efforts in spearheading the Indo-Pacific strategy that is to continue shaping the world long into the future.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken extended his travel to Asia in order to visit Tokyo to meet Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and offer in-person condolences on behalf of U.S. President Joe Biden and the American people following the tragic event.