1. America and South Korea to Conduct Naval Exercises

    Every Monday The Diplomat's Zachary Keck takes a look at the latest happenings in the Asia-Pacific region. From important meetings [...]

  2. Hedging: The Real U.S. Policy Towards China?

    Over the past several years, it has been common practice for Chinese academics and pundits to describe the U.S. "pivot" [...]

  3. APAC’s Weekly Agenda: April 29-May 5

    Every Monday The Diplomat's Zachary Keck takes a look at the latest happenings in the Asia-Pacific region. From important meetings [...]

  4. China Slams America on Human Rights

    A colorful tradition has developed in U.S.-China relations in recent years, where each spring the State Department releases reports on [...]

  5. China’s New Aircraft Carrier: A Long Path Ahead

    A quick update on China's new aircraft carrier the Liaoning courtesy of the People's Daily: "China's first aircraft carrier "Liaoning [...]

  6. Asia Winning War on Poverty

    Growing economic prosperity in the Asia-Pacific contributed to a sizeable decline in the percentage of the developing world that lives [...]

  7. The A2/AD Hit List

    Over the last several years, research into China’s Anti-Access/Area-Denial (A2/AD) strategy in the Pacific Commons has swelled here in the [...]

  8. Must China Fear a Unified Korea?

    The recent crisis on the Korean Peninsula has once again brought to the fore China’s support for North Korea, which [...]

  9. From Pivot, to Rebalance, Now “Pacific Dream”

    Editors of the world rejoice! Thanks to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry we have another useful way to refer [...]

  10. The Death Penalty: Fading Into the Past?

    If opponents of the death penalty are winning the war on state executions globally, they have less to be optimistic [...]