Archive
February 2015
![US Confirms Iranian Cyber Attack Against Gambling Corporation US Confirms Iranian Cyber Attack Against Gambling Corporation](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-02-27_13-38-37.jpg)
US Confirms Iranian Cyber Attack Against Gambling Corporation
By Ankit Panda
Plus, Japan's defense exports, China's J-20 spotted in a video, North Korea's nukes, and more.
![Japan and the ‘Counter-Pivot’ Japan and the ‘Counter-Pivot’](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-02-27_13-36-25.jpg)
Japan and the ‘Counter-Pivot’
By Robert Dujarric
With the U.S. increasingly engaged elsewhere, should Japan do more for regional security itself?
![Is Bangladesh’s Crisis About to Get Much Worse? Is Bangladesh’s Crisis About to Get Much Worse?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-02-27_11-27-36.jpg)
Is Bangladesh’s Crisis About to Get Much Worse?
By Frederic Grare
There seems to be no obvious exit scenario from the current turmoil.
![Afghanistan: The Ball Is in Pakistan’s Court Afghanistan: The Ball Is in Pakistan’s Court](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-02-27_09-14-00.jpg)
Afghanistan: The Ball Is in Pakistan’s Court
By Aziz Amin Ahmadzai
Afghanistan has made an unprecedented series of goodwill actions. Pakistan must now respond.
![The Koreas, Diplomacy, and Regional Autonomy The Koreas, Diplomacy, and Regional Autonomy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-02-27_08-23-05.jpg)
The Koreas, Diplomacy, and Regional Autonomy
By Robert E. Kelly
The days of Korea as the geopolitical football of the region are long gone.
![Countering China’s Maritime Coercion Countering China’s Maritime Coercion](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-02-27_08-16-08.jpg)
Countering China’s Maritime Coercion
By Patrick M. Cronin
How to impose costs on coercion, deter intimidation, and offset unilateral changes to the status quo.
![Will Bangladesh’s Democracy Fall Apart? Will Bangladesh’s Democracy Fall Apart?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-02-27_13-31-33.jpg)
Will Bangladesh’s Democracy Fall Apart?
By Jack Detsch
Former Prime Minister and opposition leader Khaleda Zia has a warrant out for her arrest.
![Where Is India's Carrier Fleet Going? Where Is India's Carrier Fleet Going?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/sizes/thumbnail/19962_528b38552b1ce.jpg)
Where Is India's Carrier Fleet Going?
By Robert Farley
India should think long and hard about the logistics necessary to operate a nuclear propulsion carrier.
![Nadeshiko Sushi: Women Make Inroads in a Traditional Industry Nadeshiko Sushi: Women Make Inroads in a Traditional Industry](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-02-27_02-03-51.jpg)
Nadeshiko Sushi: Women Make Inroads in a Traditional Industry
By Kyla Ryan
A new restaurant is challenging a traditionally male-dominated domain.
![What’s It Like to Have China Build You a Port? Ask Cameroon. What’s It Like to Have China Build You a Port? Ask Cameroon.](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-02-26_23-46-39.jpg)
What’s It Like to Have China Build You a Port? Ask Cameroon.
By Shannon Tiezzi
A Chinese-built port in Cameroon provides an interesting case study with implications for the Maritime Silk Road.
![China’s Anti-Corruption Org Seeks ‘Hidden Tigers’ China’s Anti-Corruption Org Seeks ‘Hidden Tigers’](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-01-29_20-16-35.jpg)
China’s Anti-Corruption Org Seeks ‘Hidden Tigers’
By Shannon Tiezzi
Plus, China’s travel rush, legal reforms, the South China Sea, and China in the Middle East. Friday China links.
![India's Submarine Fleet Faces Further Delays India's Submarine Fleet Faces Further Delays](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-02-26_22-08-55.jpg)
India's Submarine Fleet Faces Further Delays
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Is New Delhi’s submarine fleet in a state of crisis?