A Fully Closed-off China Requires a New US Policy Response
U.S President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, at Zhongnanhai, Beijing, China, May 15, 2026. Credit: Official White House Photo...
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Why North Korea Hasn’t Had Its Own ‘Reform and Opening’
A roadside market in North Korea. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ Uwe Brodrecht China’s early economic reforms, led by Deng Xiaoping in the late...
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Lesson From the May 2025 India-Pakistan Crisis: No Space for Limited War
Credit: Depositphotos One year has passed since the four-day May 2025 crisis between India and Pakistan that ended following a U.S.-brokered ceasefire....
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South Korea’s Nuclear Submarine Push Is a Test of Non-nuclear Deterrence
Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of Korea Seoul is reportedly preparing to announce a roadmap for...
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Reweaving the Ruins of the American Secret War
Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Jakub Hałun One of my favorite childhood memories is visiting the Plain of Jars with my grandmother, Noy....
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How Kazakhstan’s Super-Apps Outpace the Law
Credit: Photo by Natalia Gusakova on Unsplash Kazakhstan’s commercial banks are increasingly offering attractive super-applications with convenient functions that go beyond traditional...
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‘Entry Into the Kyrgyz Republic Is Closed’: US Professor Denied Entry to Kyrgyzstan
Credit: Photo provided by Steve Swerdlow It’s a trip Steve Swerdlow has made many times: flying from Los Angeles, California to Istanbul,...
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Japan’s Frigate Diplomacy — and What It Could Mean for Taiwan
The JS Mogami, first ship of the Mogami class, at sea on June 10, 2022. Credit: Japanese Defense Ministry In mid-April 2026,...
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How K-Pop and AI Are Reshaping the Dokdo/Takeshima Dispute
Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ Ulleungdont The Liancourt Rocks, known to Koreans as Dokdo, and to Japanese as Takeshima, are a pair of lonely,...
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Japan Doubles Down on Maritime Security Cooperation
Japanese Defense Minister Koizumi Shinjiro (left) meets with Indonesian Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin after signing a new defense agreement in Jakarta, Indonesia,...
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