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Donald Trump
South Korean Envoy: Trump Accepts North Korea's Invitation to Meet Kim Jong-un
By Ankit Panda
The meeting, if it happens, will be the first between a sitting U.S. president and a North Korean leader.
Loving Vietnam, Criticizing Cambodia: Trump’s Double Standard in Southeast Asia.
By Du Nhat Dang
U.S. President Donald Trump has a double standard for human rights in Vietnam. And it makes strategic sense.
The Truth About Trump’s Trade Tariffs
By Anthony Kleven
Both supporters and critics of the administration’s move could use a healthy dose of realism.
US, South Korea to Negotiate Alliance Cost-Sharing
By Ankit Panda
The talks for a new SMA come at a sensitive time for the alliance.
Exercise Cobra Gold Reflecting US Renewed Focus in Asia
By Eugene Mark
The Trump administration has demonstrated a willingness to engage Southeast Asian leaders of different stripes.
Trump's South Asia Strategy and Afghanistan's Political Stalemate: A Way Forward
By Ata Mohammad Noor
Ashraf Ghani's authoritarian tendencies have failed the Afghan people.
Why Trump’s Troubling Pakistan Policy Dooms Afghanistan Peace
By Touqir Hussain
The administration’s approach to Islamabad undermines potential solutions in Afghanistan.
US Air Campaign in Afghanistan Hits Targets Near Tajik and Chinese Border
By Catherine Putz
The U.S. airstrikes in Badakhshan are likely to please China, which may be helping the Afghans build a base in the region.
China’s Solar Power Dominance and Trump’s Trade Tariffs
By Samuel Corwin
What are the consequences of the Trump administration’s tariffs on foreign-made solar cells?
US Allies Aren’t Buying Its New Strategies to Confront China
By Bates Gill
China presents many challenges, but bluff, bluster, and empty rhetoric will be seen for exactly what it is.
What Explains Afghanistan’s Early-2018 Surge in Violence?
By Umair Jamal
Competing regional interests have only intensified Afghanistan’s security miseries.
Trump’s Way of War in Afghanistan: More Explosions, Less Information
By Catherine Putz
Trump promised a conditions-based approach to Afghanistan. Now the U.S. military is withholding data about the conditions.