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North Korea is Clearly Not Feeling the Pain
By Liang Tuang Nah
Real economic pressure remains the only real option to curb Pyongyang's proliferation.
America, China and the South China Sea: False Premises and Wishful Thinking
By Mark J. Valencia
Like other rising great powers before it, China wants to bend the international system to further its national interests.
South Korea Keeps Calm and Carries On
By John M. Rodgers
An American in South Korea reflects on the impact of North Korea’s missile and nuclear tests on everyday life.
Time to Consider ‘Active Deterrence’ of North Korea
By Aurelia George Mulgan
Active deterrence could be deployed against North Korea’s ballistic missile tests under specific conditions.
How America Can Keep From Losing in the South China Sea
By Tuan N. Pham
Washington is losing ground in the South China Sea, and risks making the situation lasting unless America imposes “real” strategic costs to China.
The United States Has Not Lost the South China Sea
By Tuan N. Pham
Despite some setbacks, the United States has not lost influence in the vital waterway.
Terrifyingly Rational: North Korea’s Missile Over Japan
By Yukari Easton
Did Kim Jong-un just call Donald Trump’s bluff?
Revisiting Rare Earths: The Ongoing Efforts to Challenge China’s Monopoly
By Mayuko Yatsu
Despite current cost-effectiveness, it is not sustainable for the United States to rely on Chinese rare earth elements.
Trump on Pakistan: Not Quite the Best-Laid Plan
By Huma Sattar
Washington’s least best-laid plans will invariably go awry.
North Korea: The End of the Nuclear Taboo?
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Is the North Korean nuclear crisis slowly eroding the so-called nuclear taboo?
A Plea for Sense on International Day Against Nuclear Tests
By Bunny McDiarmid
Can the world come to its senses on nuclear weapons?
Australia’s China Choice
By Xie Tao
Whither Australia and its relations with China?