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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.
June 25, 2020
70 Years of Separation: The Families Who Remain Divided by the Korean War
By Eugene Lee and Paul K. Lee
Whether driven apart by the war or through more recent adoptions and defections, Korean Americans have few options for reuniting with their families.
June 25, 2020
Remembering Japan’s Colonial Abuses Against Koreans on Hashima Island
By Yuji Hosaka
Despite the claims of a former resident of the island, Japanese abuses against Koreans were widespread.
June 24, 2020
Keeping a Bad Deal at All Costs: US Moral Failure in Afghanistan
By Aidan Mark Lewis
U.S. policy toward Afghanistan has been short-sighted and ill-conceived for decades.
June 23, 2020
A New Chapter in Uzbekistan’s Cotton Sector?
By Umida Niyazova
Despite progress in combating forced labor, Uzbekistan has yet to meaningfully engage in the civil society focused reforms necessary.
June 18, 2020
China’s Media Influence Has Gone Global. So Has the Pushback.
By Sarah Cook
Beijing's campaign to control narratives about China the world over is attracting more attention -- and opposition.
June 17, 2020
Black Lives Matter Should Be a Wake-Up Call for India
By StoriesAsia
The Black Lives Matter movement in the United States should remind India that it has much soul-seeking to do on issues of race and identity.
June 16, 2020
COVID-19: Boosting Indo-Pacific Alignment and India’s Regional Role
By Amrita Jash
COVID-19 may provide a geopolitical opportunity for the Quad.
June 16, 2020
Before the Tiananmen Massacre, Uyghurs Led Their Own Protest
By Dolkun Isa
Remembering the 1988 demonstration that changed the course of the Uyghur rights movement.
June 12, 2020
Banning Chinese Students Won’t Safeguard US National Security
By Connor Fairman
A proposed ban would not only fail to address the main avenue of Chinese espionage, it will also hurt U.S. universities.
June 11, 2020
It’s Time to Stop the Chinese Communist Party’s Shadow Campaign for Power at the United Nations
By Michael McCaul
The CCP poses a significant long-term national security and economic threat to the U.S. and our allies.
June 10, 2020
What Taipei Can Teach Local Leaders Elsewhere About Democratic Governance
By Ko Wen-je and Chris Li
Where would Taiwan’s success be without Taipei?
June 09, 2020
Justice and the June Events: Looking Back at Kyrgyzstan’s 2010 Troubles
By Ivar Dale
Two wrongs don’t make a right: a decade after violence exploded in Kyrgyzstan’s south, Azimzhan Askarov remains in jail.