Contrary to popular opinion, the United States has long been a Pacific potentate. Ever since the 19th century, when American settlers journeyed from their. ... but the Pacific Ocean as well.

American foreign policy conversations about the Indo-Pacific do not often linger on the Indian Ocean. The priority for the United States government is and shall remain the Western Pacific and the ...

Now Adams had a real dilemma: if he counted the distance between the new states and the continental U.S., that would place the country’s center smack in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.