The EU-Japan Trade Deal: Hype or a Big Deal?
As a piece of geopolitical theater, the announcement of the EU-Japan trade agreement on July 6 could not be...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
The EU-Japan Trade Deal: Hype or a Big Deal?
A nation must think before it acts.
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The First Hundred Days: Trump Meets Asia…and Reality
The first 100 days of a president’s term—the “honeymoon period,” during which his power and influence are believed to...
Russia Is An Asian Power Too: Japan Understands, but Does the United States?
War on the Rocks Washington’s two recent big summits occurred as if they were in two different worlds. First,...
Mar-a-Lago: The Summit that Wasn’t
Palm Beach heaved a collective sigh of relief as Chinese President Xi Jinping’s plane lifted off from the county...
Trump’s Asia Policy Takes Shape
After challenging the “One China” policy—the bedrock of Sino-American relations—during his transition period, President Donald Trump accepted the long-standing...
Japan-U.S. Alliance Advances — with Pacific and Global Significance
Mail Tribune Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to the United States has underscored the vital importance of the...
Tillerson the Realist
Last week, President-elect Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State, ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson, underwent Senate confirmation hearings. Venues...
Managing Sino-American Relations
Abstract Past Chinese policy has proved deficient in managing the Sino-American relationship. Your administration should break with past assumptions,...
South Korea’s Lurking Dangers: From Impeachment to Foreign Policy Paralysis
South Korea is marooned in perilous seas with its ship in more danger of careening off course than at...
The South China Sea through the Eyes of China’s Military
America’s prolonged involvement in armed conflict in the Middle East and Afghanistan has obscured an important truth: the most...