Archive
April 2015
How to Fix the Japan-South Korea Relationship
By Van Jackson
Washington needs to reorient how it thinks about ties between its two key allies.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Is No Aircraft Carrier
By Robert Farley
Framing the Trans-Pacific Partnership as an urgent issue for U.S. national security is frankly unproductive.
'Fear and Greed': A Closer Look at Australia's China Policy
By Kerry Brown
What if PM Abbott is right to describe Australia's China policy as based on "fear and greed"?
What One New CCP Appointment Tells Us About Chinese Politics
By Bo Zhiyue
Wang Zhengwei's appointment as deputy head of the Central United Front Department is a sign of three ongoing trends.
Mahathir Versus Najib
By Mong Palatino
Malaysia’s former prime minister is distinctly unhappy with the incumbent.
Ashraf Ghani’s Taliban Predicament
By Aryaman Bhatnagar
A resolution to the insurgency remains as elusive as ever.
Australia, MIKTA and the Middle Power Question
By Helen Clark
A seemingly semantic debate is revealing of Australia’s international ambitions and its place in the world.
Family Planning, Chinese Style
By Tim Robertson
Should the decision to relax the one-child policy be seen as a welcome, humane reform?
Why China’s New Family-Planning Policy Hasn’t Worked
By Lotus Yang Ruan
The authorities have not considered decision-making behavior.
Japan Scrambling Jets at Cold War Levels
By Ankit Panda
Plus, South China Sea disputes, interviews with Asia's top diplomats, and more.
35 Killed in ISIS' First Claimed Suicide Bombing in Afghanistan
By Ankit Panda
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) carried out its first major attack on Afghan soil.
Xi Jinping on Pakistan: 'I Feel As If I Am Going to Visit the Home of My Own Brother'
By Ankit Panda
Ahead of his trip to Pakistan, Xi Jinping published an op-ed outlining his priorities for the visit.