Archive
August 2018
The Consequences of Shifting US-Pakistan Military Ties
By Umair Jamal
What Trump’s decision to ban Pakistan from military training programs means for the U.S. military.
Uyghurs’ Present Is the Future for Most Chinese
By Chauncey Jung
Even Chinese overseas are not exempt from Beijing’s constant control.
Mahathir Sets New Course for Malaysia in First 100 Days
By Ed Ratcliffe
Evaluating Malaysia's new government 100 days after its surprising election win.
Japan Holds Firm Against Nuclear Ban Treaty on Anniversary of Nuclear Bombings
By Daniel Hurst
Shinzo Abe insists that the treaty is unrealistic, but civil society is pushing back.
Charting Asia’s Research Ascendancy
By Tyler Headley
How China, India, and South Korea are closing the gap with the United States.
The Dark Side of the China Dream: Erasing Ethnic Identity
By Nicholas Bequelin
The CCP wants to forge a strong nation by ruthlessly eliminating differences of culture, religion and ethnicity.
The EU-Japan Partnerships: Advancing the Abe Doctrine?
By Edward Danks
Analyzing the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) and Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA) in context.
China’s ‘New Type of Party System’: A ‘Multiparty’ System for Foreign Consumption?
By Julia Bowie and Nathanael Callan
The CCP rebrands China’s political party system for external propaganda.
To Encourage More Births, Chinese Specialists Propose Birth Fund, Childless Tax
By Charlotte Gao
The proposals triggered a large wave of criticism and sarcasm online.
A New Era for Hun Sen’s Cambodia?
By Luke Hunt
The election outcome all but completes the country’s transition to a one-party state.
Why Is Peaceful, Prosperous Australia Anxious?
By Grant Wyeth
As global focus turns increasingly to the Indo-Pacific, it’s no time for Australia to retreat into fearful, baseless timidity.
Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the Man Who Saw India's Entry Into the 21st Century, Dies
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
Vajpayee mainstreamed the BJP in Indian politics, ushered South Asia into the nuclear age, and charted a bold course for India.