Deleterious Neglect: Will the U.S. Navy Surrender Maritime Asia?
Unchallenged for decades, and facing budget cuts, the U.S. Navy risks losing its capability to challenge the PLA in its near seas.
Unchallenged for decades, and facing budget cuts, the U.S. Navy risks losing its capability to challenge the PLA in its near seas.
Indonesia’s forests are being destroyed. Ecotourism may offer one way to protect them.
Nationalists are seeking leverage for the Senkaku/Diaoyu dispute. Japan shouldn’t play into their hands.
While Saeed Jalili appears the early frontrunner, the early chaos of Iran’s presidential elections underscores the unpredictability of the race.

This year may prove to be seminal for smartphone cameras.
New Zealand is doing better than its traditional trans-Tasman rival at getting its budget in order. But Australia's post GFC performance is still impressive.

Trade and business are high on the agenda as Li visits India, Pakistan, Switzerland, and Germany.
China’s new foreign policy leaders have been quick to travel. Their choice of first destinations is revealing.

After a period of quiet, North Korea appears to have followed through on threats to conduct a missile test.
The DPRK has 200 mobile missile launchers and other top defense articles for your weekend.

Meeting postponed in Seoul, PM Abe has opted to go to Burma instead.
In SE Asia, some numbers are used for political and religious ends.

A new project questions India and Pakistan's shared historical narrative.
Shehzad Roy is calling worldwide attention to problems in Pakistan’s education system.

While the Buddha's message is alive in the East, in the West some say it has been scrambled.
A video for Lorde's pop hit “Royals” has been released on YouTube.

The Diplomat rounds up this week's upcoming events in the Asia-Pacific.
Julia Gillard enjoys a solid increase in personal polls, although election prospects for her party remain grim.