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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.
Sizing up Chinese Investments in Europe
By John Seaman, Miguel Otero-Iglesias, and Mikko Huotari
How can Europe strike the right balance between security and economic openness?
Time to Let Taiwan Join the Pacific Partnership
By Joseph Bosco
Taiwan is an exemplar in the disaster relief and cooperation the mission seeks to promote.
How to Respond to Beijing’s Growing Influence Abroad
By Sarah Cook
The events of the past month suggest several ways to counter antidemocratic pressure from China’s government.
Welcome to Xi Jinping's New Era
By Ankit Panda
Did the Chinese president need to remove term limits to exercise power and influence over the party?
Trump's South Asia Strategy and Afghanistan's Political Stalemate: A Way Forward
By Ata Mohammad Noor
Ashraf Ghani's authoritarian tendencies have failed the Afghan people.
Why Does Xi Jinping Care About Being President?
By Shannon Tiezzi
History has proven that title to be all-but-meaningless. So why is it so important for Xi Jinping to keep it?
How India and the UAE Can Benefit From a Joint Multilateral Strategy
By N. Janardhan
UAE-India relations have a newfound level of strategic depth at the multilateral level.
In Competing With China, the US Should Realize the Virtues of the Rules-Based Order Speak for Themselves
By Theresa Lou
How can the United States lead without categorically opposing China’s international role and leadership?
Is It Finally Time for a US-India Free Trade Agreement?
By Raymond E. Vickery, Jr.
For too long, ambitions for the U.S.-India economic relationship have not matched the soaring strategic rhetoric.
What Will the World Give up to Share China's 'Common Destiny'?
By David Bandurski
“If we want to know how China proposes governing the world, we need only look at how it governs itself.”
Korean Peace Olympics or Game of Thrones?
By Bruce Klingner
After the Olympics-era inter-Korean warmth comes to an end, the peninsula will have to return to the real world.
North Korea Is Not a Case of Intelligence Failure
By William Denn and Kevin Ryan
Countering a claim from the New York Times.