Trans-Pacific View

Trump says China will be buying “much more than” $50 billion each year from U.S. farmers. Is that possible?

Richard Nixon foresaw America’s “pivot” to the Asia-Pacific more than 40 years before it occurred.

Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, and the BJP appear to be all-in on implementing several controversial domestic measures. Should that matter for the U.S.-India relationship?

A White House press call includes some more details on the agreement that was announced December 13.

The U.S. has been moving toward a “whole-of-government” approach to counter China for years, but the ultimate impact remains uncertain.

A look at the significance of the late Japanese premier through the lens of U.S. Asia policy during the period.

Insights from Dimitri Zabelin.

The pact constitutes yet another boost for the U.S.-Singapore defense relationship in spite of wider challenges that remain for ties.  

New START is slated for expiration in February 2021.

As Congress targets China’s human rights violations, Beijing is furious over what it sees as U.S. interference.

The British expat is wanted for his trafficking of stolen and looted Cambodian antiquities.

The law fits squarely within both the hawkish turn in China policy specifically and the tradition of U.S. human rights policymaking generally.