Reformulating Taiwan’s Statehood Claim
Amid ever-rising tensions over Taiwan between the United States and the People’s Republic of China (PRC), former U.S. ambassador-at-large for war crimes issues David...
US and allies clash with North Korea, China and Russia over failed satellite launch and tensions
UNITED NATIONS — The United States and its allies clashed Friday with North Korea, Russia and China over Pyongyang’s failed attempts to launch a...
Chinese and North Korean refusal to establish an “Asian NATO”
South Korea is trying to benefit from the tripartite coordination mechanism with Washington and Tokyo to confront the dangers of its northern neighbor in...
East Asian Demographic Crisis Threatens the Global Economy
Catastrophic population decline is putting a quarter of global GDP at risk. China, Japan and South Korea are all facing dramatic demographic declines. Japan...
North Korea Is Becoming Big Problem for China’s Geopolitical Ambitions
The existential North Korean nuclear and missile threats negatively impact the Asia-Pacific security environment for the United States, South Korea, Japan and Australia. In...
Sri Lanka’s Hard Road to Recovery from Economic and Political Crisis
In 2022 Sri Lanka faced its deepest ever economic and political crisis. The country’s descent into chaos accelerated from March, sweeping away high-level bureaucrats...