East Asia

Does hosting the Olympics do for a city what we say it does? Mark Perryman’s modest proposal for fixing the great games.

The Diplomat talks Iran, China, nuclear weapons and more with bomb dropper Kenneth Waltz.

Corporate Japan has been rocked in recent months with a spate of major scandals, writes Anthony Fensom. Will it be enough to trigger meaningful reforms?

China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, & Uzbekistan have yet to take new members. Richard Weitz explains why.

It isn’t the “axis of evil.” But a number of authoritarian states are showing a troubling tendency to look out for each other.

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has succeeded in passing a tax and social security plan in the lower house. He now needs to think about the future of his party.

China’s next generation of leaders are expected to be chosen later this year. But factional strength and patronage may well trump talent.

The renewed U.S. interest in the Asia-Pacific gives Taiwan a perfect chance to bolster ties and its own security. But will it seize the moment?

With the U.S. presidential election fast approaching, it’s worth asking how successful one of the biggest Obama administration foreign policy drives has been. It’s a mixed bag.

U.S. politicians are tempted to blame Chinese currency manipulation for the country’s economic woes. But doing so is unhelpful.

Despite claims to the contrary, China’s policy in the near seas today bears scant resemblance to the Monroe Doctrine. But its application still holds lessons for China.

Fears over a democratic Egypt under the Muslim Brotherhood miss the point about a real democracy. For a more promising example of progress, eyes should be turned east.