Region
East Asia
South Korea's Kid Chess Whizzes
By Bryan Betts
South Korea's emerging chess scene is dominated by its young players. Can they break through on the world stage?
Ukraine: China Flexes Its Investment Muscle
By Jack Laurenson
“If China wants to come here and improve our ports and railways and build our roads, why would we stop them?”
Putin on the Ritz in China
By Nicholas Trickett
A peek under the glitz of Russian-Chinese bonhomie.
How the ‘Deep State’ Stopped a US President From Withdrawing US Troops From Korea
By Franz-Stefan Gady
President Carter wanted to withdraw U.S. ground troops from the peninsula. The 'deep state' disagreed.
The Singapore Summit: Trump and Kim to Meet
By Alexandra Radu
Before the summit, both Trump and Kim arrived in Singapore for meetings with Prime Minister Lee.
All You Need to Know About China's New Stealth Destroyer
By Rick Joe
Addressing misconceptions about China's latest surface combatant, the Type 055 guided-missile destroyer.
East Asia Comes to Europe
By Irina Angelescu and Václav Kopecký
A tale of two suitors: Chinese and Japanese investments in Central and Eastern Europe.
Will Trump Cement the China-Russia Alliance?
By Dai Weilai
The emerging U.S.-China trade war will make a China-Russia axis even more likely.
What’s So Controversial About China’s New Anti-Corruption Body?
By Jamie P. Horsley
Digging into the National Supervision Commission.
The US-China Trade War
By Roncevert Ganan Almond
A simple plan: action, confusion, and retreat
How Leaving China in the Dark Helped Doom the Trump-Kim Summit
By John S. Van Oudenaren
Trump's failure to coordinate with China before attempting North Korea diplomacy doomed the endeavor from the start.
China's Teenage Mothers
By Yuhong Pang
Youth, interrupted