What’s in a Name?: Strategy Behind the “Indo-Pacific”
Throughout his tour of Asia in November 2017, U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly referred to the region through which...
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Spared a War: Abe’s Victory and Japan’s Rearmament
I made my genuine Thanksgiving on October 27. The occasion was Mr. Abe’s crushing victory in the Japanese election;...
Conflict Escalation: China and India’s Territorial Dispute in the Himalayas
During the summer of 2017, an unusually volatile territorial spat between China and India erupted in the Himalayan Mountains....
Trump’s Seoul Speech: All the Right Points, Still No Way Forward
President Trump’s speech in South Korea’s National Assembly on Wednesday, November 8, 2017 was likely the best foreign policy...
What a 1991 CIA Assessment on North Korea Tells Us about the Current Crisis
The current situation is no ordinary escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsula. Those happen with regular frequency, but...
Our Brave New Nuclear World
So now we have a North Korea armed with long-range missiles and thermonuclear weapons. Make no mistake. This is...
Selling Out the Rohingyas
In the past several weeks, much attention has been devoted to the abject plight of the minority, predominantly Muslim,...
The Mystery of China’s Naval Strategy
Almost daily, we have news of Chinese military preparations or activities: her new second aircraft carrier, her quantum communications,...
What North Korea’s Statement against Trump Really Means
It would be hard to deny that rhetoric on and around the Korean peninsula is at a high mark....
After North Korean Missile Test, South Korean President Takes a Stance
North Korea’s latest ICBM test—conducted on July 28—was not as big of a shock as the one preceding it....