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The Canadian government has been a late convert to the benefits of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. But will it be willing to make the changes necessary to fit in?

The United States is working hard to recalibrate its national security strategy with an Asia-Pacific focus. If China can act boldly, it has multiple avenues for countering it.

As ASEAN countries try to balance China and the United States, are members ready for the global big time?

The West is putting pressure on to tighten the screws over Iran’s nuclear program. But will it work?

India’s decision to walk out of step with the international community on Iran isn’t just a slap in the face for the U.S. – it raises questions about its ability to lead.

China’s U.N. veto over Syria was striking because of how internationally isolated it is. So why did it do it?

Progress over climate change depends largely on the actions individual major carbon emitters, particularly China – not U.N. summits. But is the political courage there to exact change?

America’s failure to clearly back Britain in its current diplomatic row with Argentina over the Falkland Islands risks sending the wrong message to U.S. allies in Asia.

Xi Jinping, expected to succeed Hu Jintao as Chinese president, has arrived in the U.S. for key meetings.

Iran is proving to be a thorn in the side of India’s relations with the United States. It doesn’t need to be.

India has already shown that it is starting to carve out its own path in Asia. But it’s one that could create clashes with the United States.

With little in the way of force projection, China’s dependence on natural resources in unstable parts of the world could undercut its economic ambitions. There are limits to freeriding.