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What’s Next for US-Indonesia Defense Relations Under Trump?
By Prashanth Parameswaran
A closer look at the opportunities and challenges for security ties.
With an Eye on Great Power Conflict, US Defense Department Releases 2018 National Defense Strategy
By Ankit Panda
First takeaways from the Trump administration's first National Defense Strategy.
An Olympic Thaw for North and South Korea?
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Andrea Berger.
Report: US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to Visit China in Spring 2018
By Ankit Panda
U.S. Secretary of Defense will likely visit China in the first half of 2018.
As Inter-Korean Talks Convene Regarding the Olympics, What Is the Scope for Broader Korean Peninsula Diplomacy?
By Ankit Panda
Has diplomacy already peaked for the year?
CFIUS Scrutiny on Chinese Investment
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Robert Hockett.
Why Trump Should Embrace Economic Multilateralism
By Ali Wyne
By insisting on bilateral deals, the United States risks getting left behind -- or left out entirely.
Trump Opens 2018 With a Twitter Broadside Against Pakistan: What Does It Mean?
By Ankit Panda
The U.S. president unleashes on Pakistan in harsher terms than before. Is 2018 an inflection point for the relationship?
Donald Trump’s National Security Strategy and Southeast Asia
By Li Jie Sheng
Uyghur Biodata Collection in China
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Darren Byler.
Don't Look to Trump's National Security Strategy for Hints on Where US Asia Policy Is Headed
By Ankit Panda
It does appear, though, that there's a path of confrontation ahead for the United States and China.
The US National Security Strategy: Implications for the Indo-Pacific
By Yuki Tatsumi
The Trump administration makes clear the Indo-Pacific is at the top of its strategic agenda.