Washington’s past and present foreign policies are sustaining the fraught security environment in East Asia.
Asia: The Elephant vs. the Shark
The Obama administration’s nebulous “Pacific Pivot” is setting the stage for a superpower conflict in East Asia.
A Budding Alliance: Vietnam and the Philippines Confront China
The Philippines and Vietnam are natural allies in their common territorial struggles against China. But they should leave Washington out of it.
My Strategic Impatience
For North Korea to rise higher on the list of U.S. priorities, Washington policymakers will have to stop considering it in isolation.
It’s About Time India and Pakistan Prioritized Trade
Trade relations between India and Pakistan remain hostage to hostility between the two states.
Who Are the People?
In a society in upheaval, just who are “the People”?
Disaster Militarism: Rethinking U.S. Relief in the Asia-Pacific
Disaster relief has increasingly become part of the justification for increased U.S. troop deployments in the Asia-Pacific region.
Saving Our Blue Future
The human race and our planet need a new water ethic.
A New World Order?
Where exactly is power located on this planet of ours right now?
In India Book Withdrawal Sparks Criticism
Major Indian publisher capitulates to right-wing Hindu group.