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Hypersonic Hype: Just How Big of a Deal Is China’s DF-17 Missile?
By Ankit Panda
Is China’s DF-17 hypersonic missile a serious threat to the United States?
With the Trump Administration in Survival Mode, US Foreign Policy Unpredictability Will Grow
By Ankit Panda
Don’t try to predict how an impeachment-mode Trump is likely to move on foreign policy questions.
The Taliban Go Global
By Rupert Stone
The Taliban, long an isolated and parochial movement, is going global
Himalayas Leveled: How China-Nepal Relations Have Defied Geopolitics
By Krzysztof Iwanek
Despite its geography, Nepal no longer belongs to India’s sphere of influence.
Nationalism in China’s Wandering Earth
By Layne Vandenberg
Chinese blockbuster Wandering Earth explores a future marked by environmental chaos and loss of home, saved only by Chinese heroism and family.
The Trump Administration Needs Policies to Match its Xinjiang Criticism
By Lucille Greer
China is capitalizing on global apathy toward anti-Muslim bigotry led by the president of the United States.
The Trouble with India’s Slow Naval Buildup
By Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
Though India is trying hard to enhance its naval capabilities, it continues to be slow work.
What’s Behind the New US-ASEAN Cyber Dialogue?
By Prashanth Parameswaran
A closer look at the significance of the holding of a new engagement between the two sides.
Kidnapping in the Sulu Sea: Implications on Terrorism in the Philippines
By Kenneth Yeo
In the Sulu Seas, kidnap-for-ransom activities perpetrated by Islamic State-linked terrorist networks are on the rise again.
Will Japan’s Latest Consumption Tax Hike Cause an Economic Slowdown?
By Thisanka Siripala
Despite global economic turmoil, the new tax rebate fails to sweeten the governments unpopular tax increase.
At the UN and at Home, Tokayev Represents Continuity
By Ian J. Lynch
Tokayev spoke at the UN of the need for a “profound political transformation” in Kazakhstan. But to date, his leadership has represented continuity.
US and Singapore Navies Sink Target Ship: Why It Matters
By Steven Stashwick
Exercise Pacific Griffin 2019 featured LCS firing new anti-ship missile.