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Play The Diplomat’s Quiz: June 22, 2019, Edition
By Ankit Panda
Test your knowledge of the Asia-Pacific region with The Diplomat's weekly news quiz!
Trump Wants China to Pick Up the Slack in the Strait of Hormuz
By Ankit Panda
The PLAN might not mind.
Trump, Senior US Officials to Attend Summit With South Korea
By Ankit Panda
High-level accompaniment to the U.S. president raises questions of a possible DMZ visit—or even a summit.
A First: Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force Joins US-Australia Talisman Sabre Exercises
By Ankit Panda
The development underscores growing trilateral U.S.-Japan-Australia coordination.
Pakistan and the FATF: On Borrowed Time?
By Umair Jamal
What are Pakistan’s options at the FATF?
3 Scenarios for India-Pakistan Relations Under Modi 2.0
By Fahad Nabeel
Can India and Pakistan shift the balance from confrontation to cooperation?
The G20 Comes to Japan: Making Sense of the Osaka Agenda
By Wrenn Yennie Lindgren
How do the outcomes of the G-20’s eight engagement groups factor into this year’s Osaka Summit?
Trash Mountain: Abandoned Tents Add to Detritus on Mt. Everest
By Binaj Gurubacharya
Along with overcrowding, Mt. Everest is being littered with tents and human waste.
Making Sense of Asia’s Balance of Power in 2019
By Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran
Which Asian countries overperform and underperform across a range of indicators of national power?
India and Brexit: How New Delhi Can Position Itself to Maximize Benefit
By Rohan Seth
How can India make the most of Brexit?
Global WMD Risks Are Rising. It’s Time to Do Something About It
By James Revill, John Borrie, and Augusta Cohen
Treaties to control chemical, biological and nuclear weapons of mass destruction (WMD) are at risk.
The Risks of a ‘Total’ US-China Competition
By Robert Farley
Even China hawks need to make a careful appraisal of what sparks joy in the Sino-American relationship.