Archive
2014
The Chinese Poachers: A Good Source of Red Coral – and Information
By Jun Okumura
Is there more to the Chinese red coral poachers in Japan’s EEZ waters than meets the eye?
Will Islamic State Cripple the Pivot?
By Robert E. Kelly
America’s inability to stop fighting in the Middle East has serious implications for its Asia policy.
Interview: Make Or Break For Abenomics
By Anthony Fensom
Dr. Martin Schulz on a critical moment for Japan's program of economic recovery.
The Beijing APEC Summit in Review
By Shannon Tiezzi
David Shambaugh on China's ultimate goals in the region and how the APEC summit outlined this 'Asia-Pacific dream.'
In Afghanistan, Democracy and Opium Production Go Hand-In-Hand
By Ankit Panda
Afghanistan's presidential elections may have caused an increase in poppy cultivation.
China’s Deceptively Weak Anti-Satellite Capabilities
By Jaganath Sankaran
Relax, China's ASAT capabilities do not threaten U.S. satellites.
China and ASEAN: Moving Beyond the South China Sea
By Shannon Tiezzi
China needs to try different tactics on the South China Sea disputes to gain ASEAN's support for other Chinese projects.
Out With Non-Alignment, In With a 'Modi Doctrine'
By Harsh V. Pant
For India’s friends, a new outreach is in the offing. For India’s adversaries, new red lines are being drawn.
3 Reasons China Should Welcome Aung San Suu Kyi
By Mu Chunshan
China should extend an invitation -- and an olive branch -- to Suu Kyi and Myanmar's opposition party.
The Xi-Obama Meeting: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
By Shannon Tiezzi
U.S.-China relations face an uphill climb as structural and ideological differences come to the forefront.
Recognizing the Stateless
By Ruma Mandal
The UNHCR has launched a campaign to eradicate statelessness over the next decade. Will the international community rise to the challenge?
Who Is Responsible for Persecuting Pakistan’s Minorities?
By Kiyya Baloch
Islamists in Balochistan are targeting minorities, yet NGOs are beginning to blame the government too.