Commentary / Japan Apr 26, 2022
Tokyo needs to brace itself for return of a new cold war
by Kongdan Oh
Russia's invasion of Ukraine might solidify a renewed cold war bloc that includes China and North Korea, two states that pose a threat to Japan.
Commentary / World Mar 14, 2022
A resilient China tries to navigate a hostile world
by Andrew Sheng and Xiao Geng
With its “dual-circulation strategy,” China is focusing on increasing self-reliance and thus its ability to withstand external pressures and disruptions.
World Feb 27, 2022
Europe and Russia trade airspace bans, echoing Cold War disruption
by Anthony Palazzo and Yuliya Fedorinova
Russian airlines were barred from flying through more countries in Europe, shutting off carriers such as Aeroflot from the shortest routes heading west.
Commentary / World Feb 17, 2022
America is focusing on the wrong enemy
by Brahma Chellaney
U.S. President Joe Biden is treating a “rogue” Russia as a peer competitor, when he should be focused on the challenge from America’s actual peer, China.
Commentary / World Feb 4, 2022
Southeast Asia should prepare for a new cold war
by Thitinan Pongsudhirak
The Soviet Union lost the Cold War, but China is now giving the West a run for its money in the sequel. And Southeast Asia will once again be a major theater.
Commentary / World Apr 28, 2021
The Cold War playbook won’t help Alexei Navalny
by Hal Brands
That Navalny ended his hunger strike and his life isn’t in imminent danger — for now — doesn't remove the underlying issue.
Commentary / World Apr 8, 2021
U.S.-China cold war will have more than two sides
by Pankaj Mishra
The real danger ahead, however, is not so much a new cold war as binary modes of thinking that see stark divisions and antagonisms where none exist.
Commentary / Japan Feb 23, 2021
Hands up, hands off: China blames U.S. for troubled relationship
by Brad Glosserman
Maintaining that Beijing has no role or responsibility for troubles in U.S.-China relations will guarantee that those problems get worse.
Commentary / World Dec 22, 2020
New tricks and old truths for the world’s second oldest profession: spying
by Brad Glosserman
The SolarWinds attack was a supply chain hack. One of the most successful U.S. espionage programs of the Cold War was a 20th-century version of this attack.
World | FOCUS Sep 3, 2020
Pentagon's latest salvo against China's growing might: Cold War bombers
by David Lague
The U.S. has been intensifying its challenge to China and its sweeping territorial claims over one of the world's most important strategic waterways.
Commentary / World Aug 28, 2020
U.S.-China confrontation not a replay of the Cold War
by Haruaki Deguchi
Japan's only path is to uphold the security alliance with the U.S. while keeping relations with China as friendly as possible in order to make money.
Commentary / World May 17, 2020
China rivalry may put the U.S. back in the coup business
by Hal Brands
As in the Cold War, Washington might once again find itself seeking covert options to prevent important countries from aligning with Beijing.