East Asia

It may want to keep it quiet, but South Korea is developing a modern, more assertive military, says David Axe.

Yukio Hatoyama is putting an election ahead of the US alliance, says former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Joel Starr.

Chinese policymakers say the country’s rapidly modernizing nuclear force is nothing to fear. They could do more to prove it.

Will the billions spent on the Shanghai Expo mark a grand global entrance or expensive flop? John D. Van Fleet reports.

Last week’s nuclear security summit showed Asian nations are ready to take a lead, says Richard Weitz. There’s a lot to do.

China will one day surpass the US in global power. But its reign will be both more and less secure than its predecessor.

Expect it by 2030, says Chatham House senior fellow Kerry Brown. But in the short-term, things might get a little rough.

And does Japan’s ruling party know what it’s doing? A top economist raises serious concerns–and takes aim at the Fed.

Chinese advances and Russian suspicion have led to a shift in the arms sales balance, says Richard Weitz. But for how long?

Chatham House fellow and Wall Street Journal blogger Yiyi Lu says some of the conventional wisdom on China just isn’t very wise.

Economic reform requires political reform, says James Dorn. China’s leaders must loosen control if they want harmony.

Want to understand Kim Jong-il’s regime? A good place to start might be its cartoons, says Geoffrey Cain.