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Daniel Kritenbrink, then assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, at a meeting on the sidelines of the 78th United Nations General Assembly in New York, in September 2023. © Reuters
KEN MORIYASU
February 26, 2025 22:21 JST
WASHINGTON -- Longtime Asia hand Daniel Kritenbrink, who joined consultancy The Asia Group this month after 31 years with the U.S. Foreign Service, tells Nikkei Asia he sees consistency in the Trump administration's Indo-Pacific policies, despite the daily headlines, and is comforted by the strong start to the U.S.-Japan relationship.