Commentary / World | Perspectives Apr 3, 2021
COVID-19 hits the biggest democracies the hardest. But why?
by Joshua Kurlantzick
The pandemic is thought to be further entrenching economic and social inequalities.
Commentary / World Mar 29, 2021
Will the U.S. end its ambiguity over Taiwan?
by Kuni Miyake
Tokyo should think seriously about Japan’s options to deal with a Taiwan contingency.
Soccer Mar 29, 2021
Honduras booked its spot in the men's soccer competition at the Tokyo Games with a 2-1 semifinal victory over the United States at the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament in Guadalajara, Mexico, on Sunday. 'Los Catrachos,' who finished fourth at the 2016 Rio Olympics after falling ...
Commentary / World Mar 25, 2021
Biden’s U.S.-Saudi re-calibration
by Bernard Haykel
Biden, like every other U.S. president since Dwight Eisenhower in the 1950s, realizes that Saudi Arabia is vital to maintaining American strategic interests.
Commentary / World Mar 25, 2021
We must start planning for a permanent pandemic
by Andreas Kluth
SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19), protean and elusive as it is, may become our permanent enemy, like the flu but worse.
Commentary / World Mar 24, 2021
The U.S. must approach North Korea as it is
by Dan Depetris
For Pyongyang, a nuclear deterrent is inextricably linked to the regime’s survival.
Commentary / World Mar 24, 2021
U.S. and China deviate from the diplomacy script
by Philip J. Cunningham
“Strong smell of gunpowder and drama” was the way Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian described the U.S-China meeting in Anchorage.
Commentary / Japan Mar 24, 2021
Don’t forget the U.S.-Japan trade agreement
by Riley Walters
Not investing more in bilateral U.S.-Japan trade negotiations would be a mistake for both the Biden administration and Congress.
Commentary / Japan | API Geoeconomic Briefing Mar 23, 2021
Japan needs a stronger crisis review system
by Yoshiyuki Sagara, Jun Mukoyama and Narumi Shibata
Involving think tanks and holding 10-year evaluations, the country will be better equipped to face disasters and pandemics in the future.
Commentary / Japan | API Geoeconomic Briefing Mar 19, 2021
The need to deepen fusion with Australia, Japan's second ally
by Yoichi Funabashi
The two nations face significant common challenges, from China's regional aggression to growing nationalism in the United States.
Commentary / World Mar 17, 2021
After Brexit, a better union for the U.K.
by David Howell
The need for radical reform in the British system clearly remains, with an end to the monopoly of power at Westminster.
Commentary / World Mar 11, 2021
Moon must stop daydreaming about North Korea
by Kuni Miyake
The Biden administration should not, and most likely will not, repeat the same mistakes the Trump administration made vis-a-vis North Korea.