Region
East Asia
Can China and the United States Cooperate Fully in Tackling Climate Change?
By Paul Meao
On the political level, there's little incentive to cooperate. But businesses from the two countries have every reason to work together.
Huawei and China’s ‘Hostage Diplomacy’
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Van Jackson.
Mongolia Celebrates 60 Years in the United Nations
By Bolor Lkhaajav
Mongolia’s engagement with the U.N. is a microcosm of its foreign policy post-independence.
What Role Could Civilians Play in Taiwan’s Defense?
By Jacob Parakilas
Is there a place for civic defense in a world of high-tech strategic competition?
Can China and the US Cooperate on Climate Change?
Li Shuo, Jennifer Turner, and Alex Wang discuss the role of climate change in China-U.S. relations.
Work Drinking in China Comes Under Fire
By Bonnie Girard
China's drinking culture is thousands of years old. Can it be reshaped to fit the modern era?
China’s New Land Borders Law Is a Nightmare for North Korean Refugees
By Jason Bartlett
Although the main focus of China’s new land law relates to territorial disputes with neighboring countries like India, it also contains specific language applicable to the influx of outside populations.
How China-US Competition Factors Into Moon’s Final Inter-Korea Push
By Sukjoon Yoon
Major interconnected shifts are underway on the Korean Peninsula, from a looming end-of-war declaration to South Korea’s involvement in the U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy.
China’s Foreign Minister Tries Again to Win Europe Back
By Shannon Tiezzi
China’s foreign minister is limiting his European tour to friendlier ground, in hopes of halting a downward slide in China-Europe relations.
Japan’s General Election Gives a Rare Chance of Political Change
By Thisanka Siripala
Japan’s opposition parties have teamed up, but will it be enough to bring about a change in government?
North Korea’s Food Shortage Is a Lesson for US Policymakers
By Zhuoran Li
If North Korea’s extreme self-inflicted COVID isolation isn’t enough to break the Kim regime, external sanctions have no chance.
Chinese Overfishing Highlights Environmental Crisis in the Taiwan Strait
By Wen Lii
The massive numbers of Chinese squid fishing boats near Matsu are only the tip of the iceberg in terms of the environmental threat.