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China's Taiwan Plan Might Involve a Blockade - Not an Invasion

China's Taiwan Plan Might Involve a Blockade - Not an Invasion

SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — Taiwan’s new president Lai Ching-te, in his inaugural address last week, called on the People’s Republic of China [...] More
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Japan, South Korea Shaken by Pyongyang, Beijing – And Now, Washington

Japan, South Korea Shaken by Pyongyang, Beijing – And Now, Washington

South Korea and Japan are attempting to maintain business as usual in their alliances with the U.S., but the Trump Administration has not made this [...] More
AsiaAmericasAlliesReportingNorth America

A Letter to the Next Secretary of State Re: East Asia

Thomas Cynkin

A Letter to the Next Secretary of State Re: East Asia

Chinese rivalry with the U.S. for regional dominance will be central to U.S. East Asia policy for the incoming administration. China’s aggressive use [...] More
AsiaAgenda Setter
China-Japan Relations: Trading Goods While Exchanging Words

China-Japan Relations: Trading Goods While Exchanging Words

In her first press briefing as Japan’s new Defense Minister, Tomomi Inada sidestepped questions over Japan’s actions in the Nanjing massacre during [...] More
AsiaSecurity/StabilityReporting

The Silk Routes of the GCC Versus China's One Belt One Road

Even before Chinese President Xi Jinping’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative, there has been a silk road in place between the Far East and the Gulf [...] More
AsiaReportingEconomics
Spinning Silk: Asia and the GCC

Spinning Silk: Asia and the GCC

In antiquity, the overland route known as the Silk Road spanned impossible distances, connecting China and the rest of Asia with far flung markets in [...] More
AsiaEconomicsReporting
Losing Patience with North Korea

Losing Patience with North Korea

The United States and its allies believed their policy of “strategic patience” would allow them to wait for North Korea to denuclearize on its own, [...] More
AsiaReporting

What to Do About Kim Jong-Un

In the wake of North Korea’s January nuclear test, White House spokesman Josh Earnest described U.S. goals for the Korean peninsula. “We want the [...] More
AsiaReporting

China’s Quagmire

The recent North Korean nuclear test and the subsequent disguised long-range missile test have seriously cornered China. The world community, [...] More
AsiaReporting

Four Years with Kim Jong-Un

Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein

Four Years with Kim Jong-Un

Over four years have passed since Kim Jong-un took over the leadership of North Korea after the death of his father, Kim Jong-il, in late 2011. At [...] More
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Stability in the East China Sea

Stability in the East China Sea

China’s less discussed territorial dispute is one that has the greatest potential for the United States to be drawn into conflict. While China has [...] More
AsiaReporting
China’s Likely Response to North Korea’s Nuclear Test

China’s Likely Response to North Korea’s Nuclear Test

North Korean President Kim Jong Un announced Wednesday the successful test of what he claimed was a hydrogen bomb outside Pyongyang, and in doing so, [...] More
AsiaReporting
Pyongyang Claims Hydrogen Bomb Test

Pyongyang Claims Hydrogen Bomb Test

North Korea tested what was initially announced by Pyongyang to be a hydrogen bomb on Wednesday, though the Obama Administration is skeptical. White [...] More
AsiaReporting