Magazine

How best to manage ties with China ought to be a central election issue, but the campaign narratives are focused on posturing rather than policy.

Rethinking “strategic ambiguity” is important, but in the meantime Washington must compensate for its dwindling military advantage over China with more costly signals of political resolve.

How does Japan’s post-war constitution hold up in an era of increasing great power competition and unexpected emergencies?

“North Korea is not sending signals it is open to diplomacy, but waiting for it to do so is a serious mistake.”

Pakistan’s transgender community has notched several historic successes in recent years, but discrimination remains rampant.

Compassionate leadership – and the resulting public trust and goodwill – provided the key to Bhutan’s remarkable pandemic success story.

The saga of Nicaragua-Taiwan relations – and their eventual end in December 2021 – stretches back to the Cold War heyday of Taipei’s anti-communist obsession.

Marcos Jr. leads Leni Robredo in the race, but with a month left until election day much can still change.

There’s a new Berdimuhamedov at the helm in Turkmenistan. What will the “son of the nation” do with the presidency?

Singapore’s search for a new prime minister uncovers deeper problems with the country’s political system.

What led to Sri Lanka’s “Delta peak” in 2021, after a promising start to pandemic containment?