Commentary / Japan Jun 11, 2019

Japan must prepare as the U.S. and China dig in

Tokyo will be increasingly squeezed between demands from its ally and those from its top export market and driver of its economy.

Commentary / Japan Nov 6, 2018

An opportunity for Tokyo and Seoul

Skillfully handling the wartime labor ruling could help put bilateral ties back on track.

Commentary / Japan Mar 5, 2018

Japanese firms must adapt to new national security economy

Economic statecraft for political purposes is the new coin of the realm, and Japan needs to adapt.

Commentary / Japan Jan 29, 2018

Abe sends the right message by attending Olympic ceremony

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's decision to attend the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics opening ceremony will help Tokyo and Seoul move the cycle of action and reaction that has impeded Japan-South Korea relations for far too long.

Commentary / World Jan 2, 2018

The verdict is clear: Putin won

Vladimir Putin has done grave harm to the U.S., the legitimacy of the democratic process and U.S. decision-making.

Commentary / World Feb 20, 2017

The Kim regime: separating fact from fiction

An effective response to North Korea demands a clear understanding of the forces driving Pyongyang's behavior.

Commentary / World Dec 13, 2016

It's more like 1848 than 1930

The real danger today is that the forces that propelled Trump to the U.S. presidency or that pushed Britain out of the European Union will not be sated by their recent victories.

Commentary / World Jun 27, 2016

U.K. a victim of its own ideas

The Brexit vote is a cautionary tale to other countries and their elites about complacency toward populist movements and the casual acceptance of the downsides of globalization as just "another cost of doing business."

Commentary / World May 24, 2012

Beijing's North Korea policy only emboldens Pyongyang

Discussions in Beijing about North Korea are always frustrating. It's not so much due to the sharp divergence in U.S. and Chinese thinking about how to deal with Pyongyang; the two sides differ on many issues. No, the real problem, from our perspective, is ...

Commentary / World Feb 17, 2012

America's pivot to Asia is not just about countering China

"All right China, come out with your hands up; we've got you surrounded!" When one reads about the U.S. "pivot" to Asia, it is almost always cast in terms of countering China's rise, as if it — and everything else that Washington does in Asia ...