2021/04/07 |
Closer Taiwan-US Ties Are Stabilizing the Region, Not the Opposite
Displays of solidarity for Taiwan won’t contain Beijing’s ambition, but U.S. support must factor in its thinking.
2021/02/20 |
Myanmar’s Coup Will Test the Loyalty of the Security Forces
Armed forces organizations are not just a mindless mass prepared to do whatever they are told.
2021/02/04 |
Myanmar’s Empty Promise of Constitutional Reform
Democracy campaigners tried to play by the military’s rules. They suffered for it anyway.
2021/01/25 |
Beijing’s “Wolf Warriors” Score Own Goals
An online spat over the origins of kimchi shows the Chinese Communist Party has made people at home hungry for news of China’s dominance.
2021/01/18 |
Boys’ Love Brings Edgy Drama To China, and a Backlash
As a genre, gay fiction has leapt from words to the screen with enormous popularity in China, but not beyond the censor’s reach.
2020/12/08 |
China’s Online Meddling Goes Beyond the Great Firewall
Supporting the human rights movement in China should include fostering a fact-based Chinese-language information environment in which activists can get reliable news and analysis.
2020/12/01 |
Beijing’s Line on the South China Sea: “Nothing To See Here”
China’s official denials of growing military capability in the region look a lot like gaslighting.
2020/11/02 |
Taiwan: Rising Stakes for Australia
America’s policy of “strategic ambiguity” is being hotly contested, but multilateralism might offer a fresh approach.
2020/10/20 |
Duelling Diplomacy Over Southeast Asia’s Most Important River
Despite climate change and the cost of hydropower dams, Mekong nations will find it difficult to turn away from China.
2020/09/29 |
China-India: Talk Is Cheap, but Never Free
There are many reasons all parties should avoid a second Sino-Indian border war – the costs of conversation are only one of many factors that would delay conflict resolution.
2020/09/15 |
The Making of Prime Minister Suga
Shinzo Abe's “Mr. Fix-It” has the top job. Will he make his own mark in a country famed for its revolving door of PMs?
2020/09/03 |
A Biden Presidency and the US–South Korea Alliance
Can Joe Biden, if elected, heal the rift between the two countries, or will he make it worse?
2020/08/26 |
The Killings in the Philippines Grow More Brazen
The recent murder of a well-known activist signals a turning point in the campaign to eliminate dissent.
2020/07/13 |
The Semiconductor Industry Is Where Politics Gets Real for Taiwan
These tiny semiconductor chips, accounting for 15% of Taiwan's GDP, can profoundly change the world as the U.S. and China fight over the brains of electronics.
2020/05/13 |
The Beef Between China and Australia
China's proposed barley and beef tariffs on Australia may be legally dressed up, informal economic sanctions.
2020/05/12 |
We Should Be Cautious When Speculating About a North Korea Collapse
When speculation of a regime collapse gets out of hand, especially from people with authority, fears about the fate of Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons can fuel an urge to preventively attack North Korea as a way to keep those weapons out of the wrong hands.
2020/05/04 |
China’s Alternative Approach to Humanitarian Aid
China's humanitarian aid has a number of distinguishing aspects, such as preferring to work bilaterally and mixing of humanitarian aid with developmental assistance,