China is sending interesting signals to the US. Is anyone listening?
The key is whether the White House can lose the baggage and take Beijing’s leadership shuffles and recent posturing seriously.
The key is whether the White House can lose the baggage and take Beijing’s leadership shuffles and recent posturing seriously.
Support for Washington appears weak in the region, while attitudes toward Russia and Iran have shown steady improvement.
Van Jackson has a clear warning for policymakers, that they ignore the full history of the US role in Asia at our collective peril.
Beijing seems to be in no shape to hold grudges, so we should move on too and let more diplomatic heads prevail.
Will the panel foster a new cold war or much needed cooperation between the world’s two largest economies?
As talk of defending Taipei militarily against invasion heats up in Washington, a new wargame offers a dose of reality.
Hopefully, more than just Tokyo’s massive new military spending will be on the agenda when the PM meets with Biden on Friday.
Is it ‘realism’ to build up a case for US military primacy in East Asia, or just intellectual inconsistency?
We’d all like to see brutal dictators fall, but effective policy requires a little humility about Washington’s ability to make that happen.
But they won’t do it without the rising capabilities of the region’s independent states to counter any great power effort to coerce them.
At mid-term, the president’s actions in these key areas don’t yet match his early, bold talk. But it’s not too late for course corrections.
Regional governments have taken note of Washington’s reluctance to challenge Russia in Ukraine directly.
Other countries in the region seek to ensure their independence by working with each other — as well as courting US support.
After four centuries, China has emerged as the economic nucleus of its region and a credible contestant for global preeminence.
A recent terror attack at a Kabul hotel frequented by Chinese diplomats has the Taliban worried about Beijing’s future investments.
Beijing and Iran always had ‘convenient’ relations, but the former’s visit to Saudi Arabia exposed some new limits.
Does the Hudson Institute need to register under the Foreign Agent Registration Act after appointing Scott Morrison as an adviser?
Green diplomacy could help avoid a new Cold War.
It would be an unexpected development, as both countries have long eschewed Cold War-style blocs and alliances.
The president’s handling of the war in Ukraine has largely been the sole bright spot in an otherwise status quo oriented U.S. posture.
Though it carries some positive elements, TERA still contains harmful items leftover from the controversial Taiwan Policy Act.