The lumbering aircraft carrier known as the United States should be executing a pivot that lives up to its name: a shift from the martial to the pacific.
SOTU: Obama Grades His Foreign Policy
Former law professor Barack Obama went into surprising depth on issues of war and peace during his fifth State of the Union address. Here’s how he should grade himself.
United Nations Description of Burma’s Rohingya as “Friendless” All Too True
Buddhist mobs in Burma justify their attacks on Rohingya Muslims by claiming that the victims were illegal Bengalis trying to sneak into the country.
A Green Challenge to the Asia-Pacific Pivot
The Obama administration’s “Pacific Pivot” is wreaking environmental havoc on the pristine ecosystems of the Asia-Pacific region.
Thailand’s Deep Divide
Thailand’s anti-corruption protesters appear to have lost faith in the key tenet of representative democracy: rule by people or parties elected by the majority of citizens.
Foreign Policy Thin-Sliced (1/24)
Syria is Iran’s Vietnam; Burma’s former head still pulls strings.
Typhoons and Tigers: Why Taiwan Has Outpaced the Philippines
If it weren’t for decades of Western-backed political and economic repression, the Philippines might have joined the Asian Tigers years ago.
Poem: Why I Don’t Mention Flowers
What is there to say to a man who has traversed such a world, whose hands and eyes have betrayed him?
The Sun Also Rises: Resisting Militarism in Japan
It’s a critical time to support Japanese efforts to oppose Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s nationalist refashioning of his country.
Open Fire and Open Markets: The Asia-Pacific Pivot and Trans-Pacific Partnership
Thomas Friedman once said the hidden hand of the market needs the hidden fist of the military. The TPP and the Obama administration’s Pacific Pivot pack both.