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The Debate
The Debate is our home for the best opinions from around Asia. Whether it is negotiating with Iran, responding to North Korean provocations, discussing Japan's looming demographic issues, or considering the new balance of power in the Asia-Pacific, some of the region's leading thinkers offer their take.
May 06, 2021
We Don’t Need to Wait on the UN to Expand Taiwan’s International Role
By Gray Sergeant
Liberal democracies can, and should, develop their own bilateral and multilateral exchanges with Taiwan, even while pushing for its inclusion in the WHO and other U.N. bodies.
May 06, 2021
The US Should Restore its Fulbright and Peace Corps Programs in China
By Euhwa Tran
Encouraging Americans to live, study and work abroad will contribute to making the United States a more open, tolerant, and inclusive society.
May 04, 2021
Whether Fighting COVID-19 or the Next Pandemic, Taiwan Can Help
By Shih-chung Chen
The world cannot build a resilient and inclusive global health system while excluding Taiwan from participating.
May 03, 2021
The Indian Foreign Service Must Speak Out Against Growing Politicization
By Mohamed Zeeshan
The Indian diplomatic corps is being increasingly used for partisan purposes.
May 03, 2021
Myanmar’s Generals Aren’t Going Anywhere
By George McLeod
As sanctions are reimposed, the country's old business elite is slowly clawing back the ground lost during a decade of reform.
May 03, 2021
Independent Journalists in Vietnam: The Clampdown Against Critics Continues
By Stewart Rees
Vietnam’s independent journalists are under siege, and there is little cause for optimism.
April 30, 2021
We’re Not in a Cold War With China, We’re in a Green War for Survival
By Edward J. Markey
We cannot save the “pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever known” without spurring China -- and ourselves -- to action.
April 30, 2021
China’s Paper Tiger Surveillance State
By Isabel Ivanescu and Robert Carlson
The CCP's pervasive surveillance apparatus is a sign not of strength, but of fragility.
April 30, 2021
Myanmar Junta’s Diplomatic Games Need Tough Response
By John Sifton
The ASEAN summit’s failings demonstrate that standard diplomatic protocols are insufficient to deal with the Myanmar leadership.
April 30, 2021
America Must Become the Vaccine Arsenal of Democracy
By Joaquin Castro
The tragedy underway in India proves that the United States must leverage its full industrial and scientific capacity until the entire world is vaccinated.
April 28, 2021
China’s Coast Guard Law Challenges Rule-Based Order
By Wataru Okada
The international community must respond to China’s maritime coercion.
April 27, 2021
Why US Strategic Ambiguity Is Safer for Taiwan
By Simon Shin-wei Chen, Wang Kai-chun , and Samuel Hui
U.S. strategic ambiguity toward Taiwan restricts any unilateral decisions by both sides of the strait that could potentially escalate the situation.
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