The leaders of the U.S., South Korea and Japan met at Camp David and agreed to new trilateral security measures to deter and defend against North Korean missile and other threats. The DPRK responded with not-so-veiled threats of atomic war, missile tests and battle plan exercises simulating the invasion of South Korea backed up by nuclear strikes.

That both North Korea and China responded harshly to the outcome of the Camp David summit may serve as proof positive for the Biden administration that it’s pressing the right notes as it calibrates its Indo-Pacific strategy. But