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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.
Trump Must Act Now on US-India Defense Relations
By Keith Webster
Realizing the full potential of the new Major Defense Partner status means acting now.
What’s Next for South Korea’s Moon Jae-in in 2018?
By Brad Glosserman
Given that little about what is occurring is new, here is a cliché-ridden assessment of what lies ahead for him.
Nazarbayev Goes to Washington
By Catherine Putz
Bilateral trade, Afghanistan, and North Korea's nukes were on the agenda.