Region
East Asia
How China Develops Its Counterterrorism Capability
Regular “Peace Missions” conducted under the SCO have been the best-known component of its efforts.
On Sino-Indian Border, Status-Quo Unacceptable
The recent Border Defense and Cooperation Agreement is less a breakthrough than a missed opportunity.
China’s Touchy Luxury Love Affair
The shifting of a Christian Dior exhibition reveals much about the sensitivity of Chinese officialdom to luxury today.
Japan’s New (Defensive) Attack Force
Japan’s rapid moves to develop an amphibious capability is sending a clear signal on a certain group of disputed islands.
China and the International Antipiracy Effort
Preferring to go it alone, Beijing still makes positive parallel contributions. Part two of a two-part series.
Preparing for a North Korean Collapse
How the international community might fulfill its responsibility to prepare for the unthinkable.
China and North Korea: New Thinking, Old Policies
With a tougher posture on recent provocations, have China’s policies on North Korea really changed?
China’s Pivot West
China has begun “Marching Westwards” in Asia. The consequences could be huge.
Rhetoric Not Enough for Japan’s Working Women
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may be keen to tout Japan’s untapped labor force, but will he go beyond the rhetoric?
How the Chinese Bureaucracy Decides
The recent toughening of Beijing’s policy on North Korea is a case study of how policy decisions get made within the Chinese government.
China’s Foreign Policy Debates
Xi Jinping may have grabbed the APEC Summit limelight, but China still needs to resolve some foreign policy questions.
Japan Tsunami: 12 Months Later
The Diplomat takes a look in pictures at Japan’s recovery from the March 11, 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.