East Asia

Parsing Trump’s China policy – and China’s likely response. 

Beijing wants Japan – and only Japan – to offer reciprocity.

Insights from Zeno Leoni.

Prime Minister Ishiba, operating with a severely dented domestic power base, lacks decisive leadership at a time when Japan can ill afford it. 

Marco Polo, while the most famous today, was just one of many emissaries bridging Medieval Europe and the Mongol Empire.

Devising a concrete plan to strengthen its self-defense capabilities and recalibrating its policy on North Korea would be top priorities for Seoul over the next two months.

Few things illustrate the fragmentation of Chinese foreign policy better than the operation of the country's embassies overseas.

President Yoon faces legal and geopolitical conundrums in his plans for overseas military aid.

Over the last year, the autocratic regimes in Moscow and Pyongyang have increasingly intertwined their fates via ever deepening commitments and greater escalation.

A disproportionately hardline policy from the incoming Trump administration could ultimately see a more isolated U.S. lose the tech war, and a great deal more. 

Taiwan hopes to hold on to its 12 diplomatic allies with technological incentives and diplomatic engagement. But China’s economic power and internal politics among Taiwan’s allies make this far more difficult.

India and Taiwan have an important opportunity to create a renewable energy partnership that can act as a new alternative to China’s dominance.