Welcome to a new, transactional era of American foreign policy where history is not a set of lessons to be learned but a rhetorical cudgel to be used against friends.
Why Japan Is Not Laughing at Trump’s Pearl Harbor Jokes
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Asia & Pacific
The Paris Prelude: Why the U.S. and China are Moving Toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.
The Expansion of the Donroe Doctrine
Trump is attempting to synthesize the dying Oil Revolution with the ascendant Mineral Revolution.
Can the New Bangladesh Government Achieve Positive Peace?
It’s one thing to establish a modicum of stability in the country. It’s quite another to address the roots of structural violence.
This Is What Accountability Looks Like
Whether it’s the refusal to release all the Epstein files, the failure to punish Trump for his anti-democratic actions, or the launching of the war in Iran, the United States is becoming as unaccountable as Russia under Putin.
Saving Private Marcos
The United States was more involved in the overthrow and relocation of Ferdinand Marcos than it pretended.
Governing by Force on India’s Northeastern Borderlands
India’s policing of its northeast region has significant cross-border impact.
Trump Tries to Turn Greenland into Okinawa
It’s part of the new, heightened indifference to sovereignty of the Trump administration.
Uranium Neo-colonialism in Mongolia: Crime but No Punishment
Environmentalists square off against a French mining company.
Washington’s Power Recalibration in the Indo-Pacific
The American gaze has shifted inward, leaving the “Indo” part of the Indo-Pacific to seek its own equilibrium.