Railway to Somewhere: Thailand’s Politics and China’s Reach in Southeast Asia
Despite elections last Sunday, Thailand remains riven by political conflict. On the one side is the current government of Prime...
A nation must think before it acts.
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Fox Hunting: China’s Response to Japan’s Diplomatic Campaign
Last November, I wrote a blog entitled What Does the Fox Say? that outlined once-hesitant Japan’s efforts to raise...
Where Will It End?: China’s East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone
More lines were drawn in the East China Sea (or rather in the skies above it). With very little...
What Does the Fox Say?: Japan’s Diplomatic Campaign
After North Korea launched seven ballistic missiles into the seas near Japan in July 2006, Japan did something uncharacteristic...
Diamond (Still) in the Rough: China’s New Charm Offensive in Southeast Asia
In early September, China hosted the 10th China-ASEAN Expo in southern Chinese city of Nanning. There, Chinese Premier Li...
What the Unit Costs: U.S. Federal Reserve Policy, International Currencies, and Military Procurement
At first glance, the movement of currencies seems to have little to do with the trajectory of military capabilities. ...
Turning Point: Japan’s Upper House Election and National Security
On Sunday, July 21, the Japanese electorate propelled Prime Minister Shinzō Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) (together with its...
Looper: The Asian Financial Crisis Redux?
Financial crises and their associated economic disruptions (or vice versa) can alter the international political order among countries by...
Market Warriors: Why the Trans-Pacific Partnership Matters
Overshadowed by the Boston Marathon terrorist attack, military tensions on the Korean peninsula, and possibly Downton Abbey reruns, the...
North Korea Moves to War Footing
It seems like we’ve all seen this movie before. North Korea feels affronted and blusters; South Korea and the...