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China-US Cooperation and the New Opium War
By Austin Bodetti
Despite friction elsewhere, in the War on Drugs Beijing and Washington are on the same side.
Denuclearization Is Dead, Now Let’s Bury It
By Michael Haas
The US does have a credible military option for dealing with North Korea. It’s called nuclear deterrence.
Locating Taiwan on Australia’s Strategic Radar
By Sinclaire Prowse
Australia faces fundamental strategic choices when it comes to Taiwan.
China, Let’s Talk About Sex
By Eugene K. Chow
A dangerous ignorance about how to do “it” safely is putting the nation’s youth at risk.
Thucydides’ Ignored Lesson
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Forget quick victories; great power wars are usually determined by protracted attrition warfare.
Myanmar's Media in Chains
By Libby Hogan
Myanmar has a new democratic government. So why are journalists being treated like criminals?
India's Soaring Space Ambitions
By Neeta Lal
India's space program is making giant strides on the world stage, but it can still do more.
Gazprom and China’s ‘Breakthrough’ in the Russian Arctic
By Nadezhda Filimonova
The economic and political logic behind Gazprom's use of a Chinese drilling rig in the Arctic.
Khadija Siddiqi: Justice Delayed, Not Denied
By Sonya Rehman
She was stabbed 23 times in broad daylight, but her attacker walked free for over a year.
One Man, One Road: A Funny Tale of Civic Protest in China
By Charlotte Gao
China’s millennials are participating in civic engagement in their own way.
The Battle for the Afghan Border
By Bardia Rahmani
What do Afghanistan’s border guards see as the main obstacles to securing the frontier?
China Tears Down the Tibetan City in the Sky
By Steve Shaw
China is demolishing homes and evicting thousands from Larung Gar, the world's largest Tibetan Buddhist institution.