2020/12/31 |
The Year of Unexpected Successes in Taiwan
While the world waits to see how the Biden administration’s foreign policy team will approach China and Taiwan, President Tsai at least will be in a position to roll into 2021 confident in Taiwan’s firm global standing.
2019/12/06 |
Vietnam Confronts China’s Maritime Interference
Vietnam has publicly condemned China’s increasingly aggressive maritime intrusion on several occasions while its ASEAN partners are pursuing quiet diplomacy.
2019/12/03 |
Xinjiang Casts Uncertainty Over the Belt and Road Initiative
Xinjiang is at the heart of China's Belt and Road Initiative, but instability in the region could cause stagnation to China's itinerary.
2019/11/18 |
Hong Kong Unlikely to Regain Confidence in Its Economic Outlook
Hong Kong's economy has been slipping even before the protests, and with the failing "one country, two systems," the city's future as an international hub is looking even grimmer.
2019/01/09 |
How the Meng Wanzhou Case Imperils the US Commitment to 'Rule of Law'
As US-China trade negotiations continue in Beijing, it's hard not to feel like Meng is being leveraged as a 'bargaining chip' – after all, Donald Trump has admitted as much.
2021/04/19 |
Japan’s Response to the Coup in Myanmar
Japan’s approach to the coup in Myanmar is in some ways a middle road between the “distant” Western states that prioritize human rights and democracy and the “local” Asian states that prioritize stability and development.
2018/11/24 |
OPINION: China Draws Red Line Around Hong Kong
Hong Kong is increasingly being cut off from foreign assistance as the 'one country, two systems' framework falls apart.
2019/10/30 |
Banning Huawei Is Not the Best Solution for Global Cybersecurity
Some countries have banned Huawei due to its cyber intrusion risk, but is it the only way to protect personal data and critical information infrastructure?
2021/10/01 |
Myanmar’s Military Junta Has Long-Term Power Plans
The Myanmar military has extended its emergency rule until 2023. What does it plan to do in the next two years?
2018/09/23 |
ANALYSIS: Among Filipinos, Duterte's China Policy Is Still a Dud
Over 80 percent of Filipinos reject the administration's policy to allow a Chinese presence in the West Philippine Sea.
2021/07/07 |
Taiwan’s China Dependency Is a Double-Edged Sword
As a major hub in global supply chains, Taiwan’s trade relationship with China depends on U.S. policy towards China and supply chain reform.
2022/03/02 |
Why Xi Jinping Is Still Willing To Wear the Costs of Zero-Covid
Surging cases, faltering health infrastructure, and a wave of self-isolation in China could produce more acute labor shortages and supply chain disruptions than zero-Covid.
2021/05/18 |
Asia Pacific Travel Bubbles and the Covid-19 ‘Diseasescape’
New arrangements like travel bubbles have re-arranged the globe into spheres of mobility.
2020/11/10 |
Refugees Left Stranded by Southeast Asia Amid Covid-19
As governments impose strict border controls to contain the spread of Covid-19, asylum seekers and refugees are stranded at sea.
2018/09/09 |
Can Imran Khan Swing Pakistan to a New Beginning?
Pakistan's new prime minister has his work cut out to convince foreign policy partners that he is more than just a new PR man for the military.
2020/11/17 |
The Shifting US Position Over the Senkaku Islands
With U.S. commitment to help defend the Senkaku Islands, the question Japan now faces is whether it will be drawn deeper into the increasingly hostile U.S. policies toward China, a country that happens to be Japan’s largest trading partner.
2022/04/21 |
Indonesia Is a Fence Sitter on the Russia–Ukraine Crisis
While Indonesia’s government avoided taking a stand on the war, public opinion tilted in favor of Russia.
2018/12/03 |
OPINION: A US Recession Is Looming. Asia Must Prepare Now
Asian economies must wean themselves from dependence on an unpredictable United States.