Iran war challenges nuclear latency strategy of Japan, South Korea
The Iran war has delivered a verdict on nuclear latency – the strategy of possessing the capability to…
Trump’s Venezuela playbook the wrong script for Iran
There’s a tempting logic to the analogy. The Trump administration orchestrated the dramatic removal of Nicolas Maduro in…
Hainan Free Trade Port is the future of globalization
For decades, globalization was widely accepted as an almost inevitable trajectory. The more open an economy, the prevailing…
America’s security bargains in Northeast Asia are being redrawn
The stability of Northeast Asia has long rested on two strategic bargains with South Korea and Japan, forged…
US wields nuclear test claim to press China on arms control
A disputed Chinese nuclear test has become the latest stress test for a global arms control system already…
China moving early as confidence in US debt frays
China is urging its biggest banks to curb their exposure to US Treasuries, a calculated intervention in the…
China economic rebalancing to test Koreans before benefiting them
China is paradoxical. Two incredibly different narratives can be correct at the same time: its economy is slowing…
Cold War-level nuclear tensions return to Northeast Asia
With US-Russia relations already badly damaged by the Ukraine war, the treaty that has restrained the number of…
China’s J-35 could be the key to winning a Taiwan war
China’s push to expand production of the J-35 stealth fighter reflects its drive to link industrial scale with…
Trump’s Iran tariff threat risks reigniting US-China trade war
Donald Trump’s latest threat to impose 25% tariffs on countries trading with Iran carries consequences that extend far…
The Paris Accord means Ukraine War will continue
The Paris Accord, signed on Tuesday by members of a “coalition of the willing” and aimed at providing…
Between US and China, Japan finds itself friendless
TOKYO — The year is off to a dreadful start for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Asia’s…