Commentary / World Jan 9, 2018
China's embrace of digital Leninism
With "social credit," Beijing is seeking an inescapable political system in which citizens are completely loyal to the state
Commentary / World Dec 11, 2017
South Korea and the curse of geopolitics
THAAD dispute underlines the perils of over-reliance on China's market
Commentary / World Nov 10, 2017
The 'new battlefield': Oil sanctions on North Korea
Does China have the resolve this time to countenance the prospect of harming North Korea?
Commentary / World Oct 10, 2017
Can we avoid the 'Thucydides Trap'?
When an emerging power attempts to supplant a hegemonic power in international politics, major conflict often ensues.
Commentary / Japan Sep 8, 2017
The TPP and global power
A historic opportunity has emerged for Japan to promote rule-making and trade liberalization with like-minded neighbors in the Asia-Pacific region.
Commentary / World Aug 10, 2017
Have we lost ASEAN to China?
China stands to gain as Southeast Asian nations increasingly question America's security committment to the region.
Commentary / Japan Jul 9, 2017
It's time to protect the liberal international order
Japan can treat the new American absence as a historic opportunity to pursue a proactive Asian foreign policy.
Commentary / Japan Jun 13, 2017
Japan-U.S. economic dialogue: risk and strategy
The fact that the current relationship between Japan and the U.S. increasingly resembles that of 30 years ago elicits a certain sense of futility.
Commentary / World May 9, 2017
A third nuclear crisis on the Korean Peninsula
it is difficult to imagine that North Korea, now in possession of nuclear weapons, will accept denuclearization.
Commentary / Japan Apr 7, 2017
Delinking different elements in Japan-U.S. ties
There is a danger that the Trump administration will continue to resort to the strategy of linking its approaches to Japan and China.