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Japan, the US, and the Quest for Secure Supply Chains
By Akihiro Furusho
Japan-U.S. cooperation is crucial for ensuring supply chain resilience and thus economic security.
The Difficulty of Sino-American Economic Disentanglement
By Robert Farley
Disentanglement may hurt China more than the United States, but that doesn’t mean the U.S. would benefit.
Will US Concerns Over India’s Democracy Dampen the Mood During Blinken’s Visit?
By Sudha Ramachandran
Cooperation in Afghanistan, the Indo-Pacific and countering COVID-19 are on the agenda of the bilateral talks.
USMC Force Design 2030: US Marines and the Indo-Pacific
By Alec Bohlman
The new vision for the U.S. Marine Corps will impact cooperation with allies as well.
Innovation Offense vs. Defense
By Robert Farley
Should the U.S. focus on enhancing innovation or protecting the products of innovation from theft?
Can China’s Economy Overtake the United States?
By Robert Farley
Chinese economic growth has been the dominant fact of 21st century international relations, and will continue to shape global politics for the rest of the century.
Cooling Off China-US Technological Competition: A Blueprint in Shared Purpose
By Kangkyu Lee
Shared leadership on technological matters is crucial and cooler heads must prevail.
US Deputy Secretary of State to Visit China After All
By Shannon Tiezzi
With Sherman already in the region, the U.S. confirmed she is adding China to her itinerary.
A Taiwan Contingency and Japan’s Counterstrike Debate
By Scott W. Harold and Satoru Mori
Japan’s increasing recognition that Taiwan is crucial to its own security has implications for Japan’s domestic defense debates and the Japan-U.S. alliance.
Ted Cruz Blocking State Department Nominees Over Nord Stream 2
By Catherine Putz
With news of a deal on the pipeline, Cruz isn’t getting what he wants. Will he finally let important diplomatic posts be filled?
US High-Level Diplomat Visits Japan, South Korea, Mongolia
By Shannon Tiezzi
Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman is making the rounds in East Asia, with one notable omission from her itinerary.
Indonesia’s Delicate Dance Between China and the US
By Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat and M. Habib Pashya
Southeast Asia's largest country should seek complementary improvements in its relations with the two major world powers.