Today, Asia is like the Kardashian clan: wealthy, contentious, and all up in the public’s face.
Japan Is Antagonizing Everyone
Japan’s war hawks and imperial apologists are alienating the country’s allies and making a confrontation with its rivals more likely.
The Dance of Superpowers
Can China and the United States pivot without crashing into each other?
The Big Chill: Tensions in the Arctic
As the climate warms and the ice melts, the Arctic could become the next great theater of global cooperation—or a battlefield.
Disarmament, Not Hypersonic Weapons, Is the True Alternative to Nuclear Weapons
Hypersonic weapons may sound less destructive than nuclear weapons, but they’re just another arms race.
Why China Won’t Talk to Hong Kong’s Protesters
Hong Kong’s Occupiers have been peaceful and their demands reasonable, but China’s leaders see bogeymen around every corner.
Hong Kong: The Future of People Power?
Hong Kong’s “Occupy Central” movement is neither revolutionary nor subversive: It’s a basic demand for a more responsive and accountable government.
Can China Pacify Its Restive Minorities Peacefully?
China is experimenting with “soft power” approaches to its restive minority populations, but brute force remains an omnipresent threat.
Move Over, NATO and IMF: Eurasia Is Coming
A thousand poles are blooming as new international blocs like the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the BRICS Development Bank emerge to challenge Western economic and military hegemony.
East Asia: A Farewell to Arms
With climate change upon us, it’s time to bury the hatchet in one of the world’s most volatile regions.