Archive
January 2017
US Navy Pushes Ahead With Plan to Build 12 New Nuclear Ballistic Missile Subs
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The U.S. Navy officially approved the start of detailed design and engineering work on its new class of SSBNs.
Debunking the Rohingya-Taliban Link
By Austin Bodetti
Getting to the bottom of the Rohingya insurgency's alleged links to transnational terrorism.
Powering Asia’s Renewable Revolution
By Anthony Kleven
Though there is growing optimism, getting past challenges will not be easy.
Speaker Chung Sye-Kyun on South Korea's Political Crisis
By Emanuel Pastreich
Chung Sye-kyun, Speaker of the National Assembly, talks about "Choi-gate" and the future of Korea's foreign relations.
In South Korea Impeachment Trial, Park's Lips Are Sealed
By Bruce Harrison
Park is unlikely to testify at the Constitutional Court proceedings that will decide her political fate.
China Resumes Production of Its Quietest Attack Submarine
By Franz-Stefan Gady
After a three-year hiatus, China has reportedly resumed production of one of its quietest submarine classes.
8 Years Later: Understanding the Obama Administration's Asia-Pacific Legacy
By Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran
How did the United States' foreign policy efforts in the Asia-Pacific pan out under the Obama administration?
Declassified: How India Tracked Pakistan’s Development of a Nuclear Device
By Vivek Prahladan
Newly declassified documents reveal how New Delhi tracked Islamabad’s pursuit of a nuclear device.
Can Trumpian Triangular Diplomacy Work?
By Raymond Kuo
The circumstances that let the U.S. play China against the Soviet Union in the Cold War no longer exist.
Will India’s Lobbying Change U.S. Policy Toward Pakistan?
By Prateek Joshi
India hopes a connection with Trump's national security advisor can tip the scales against Pakistan.
China, Spanish America, and the 'Birth of Globalization'
By Francis P. Sempa
A review of The Silver Way: China, Spanish America and the Birth of Globalization, 1565-1815