Region
East Asia
A Korean Conscientious Objector in Paris
By Yena Lee
Rather than military service, a young South Korean pacifist is seeking asylum in France.
Balancing China and the Realist Road to War
By Jie Dalei and Jared McKinney
The argument for balancing against China rests on some questionable assumptions.
Taiwan and Strategic Security
By Joseph A. Bosco
The U.S. declarative policy on Taiwan of “strategic ambiguity” needs to change sooner rather than later.
Cost Disease in China's Military
By Peter E. Robertson
The headline figures showing China’s growing military spending are misleading.
Abe’s Japan Cannot Apologize for the Pacific War
By J. Kevin Baird
Yasukuni Shrine will continue to compromise any apology that Japan’s leaders can offer.
Taiwan’s Submarine Saga
By Wang, Jyh-perng and Tan, Chih-lung
The Indigenous Defense Submarines program has had a long and convoluted history.
Shinzo Abe's Historic US Visit
By Shannon Tiezzi
Jim Schoff speaks with The Diplomat about Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's state visit to the United States.
The Trial of Zhou Yongkang: How to Flog a ‘Dead’ Tiger?
By James Char
Given the political sensitivities involved, Zhou’s trial is expected to be a tightly choreographed affair.
U.S.-Japan: A Pacific Alliance Transformed
By Jeffrey W. Hornung
The new defense guidelines have the potential to mark a new era in the U.S-Japan alliance.
Chimerica in Decline?
By Vasilis Trigkas
It is not America in decline, but Chimerica, the hybrid phantom state that was to be the acme of market-based integration.
Assessing the North Korea Nuclear Threat
By Zachary Keck
The only thing worse than living with a nuclear North Korea is trying to disarm it through force.
An Israeli Lobby in China?
By Mohammed Al-Sudairi
There is a growing pro-Israeli advocacy within China.