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How Civic Technology Can Help Stop a Pandemic

Taiwan’s initial success against the novel coronavirus is a model for the rest of the world.

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How Civic Technology Can Help Stop a Pandemic

Taiwan’s initial success against the novel coronavirus is a model for the rest of the world.

Jaron Lanier and E. Glen Weyl

Strategy & Conflict March/April 2020 Essay

Saving America’s Alliances

The U.S. alliance system is in decline and needs to be renovated, rather than scrapped or restored to its Cold War glory.

Mira Rapp-Hooper

Friends in need: U.S.–South Korean joint military drills in South Korea, March 2016

Economics November/December 2019 Essay

The Unwinnable Trade War

Washington is not winning the trade war with Beijing. Although China’s economic growth has slowed, the tariffs have hit U.S. consumers harder than their Chinese...

Weijian Shan

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Security Oct 3, 2019 Essay

How Japan Could Go Nuclear

Can Japan resist the temptation to pursue nuclear weapons in an increasingly volatile region? It's up to Washington to help Tokyo feel safe.

Mark Fitzpatrick

Asia Sep 20, 2019 Essay

Winning Kashmir and Losing India

The Indian government's brute majoritarianism in Kashmir reveals a spreading rot in the country's democratic institutions

Pratap Bhanu Mehta

The Best of 2019 September/October 2019 Essay

Trump’s Assault on the Global Trading System

The Trump administration is bent on severing, not fixing, Sino-American ties. Although many of these policies can be reversed, both Washington and Beijing have taken...

Chad P. Bown and Douglas A. Irwin

Tariff Man: an anti-Trump billboard in Guangzhou, China, August 2018

Politics & Society September/October 2018 Essay

China’s Future Is South Korea’s Present

To predict China's path, observers should look to the example of South Korea under Park Chung-hee. Ultimately, sustaining economic growth will push Xi Jinping and the...

Hahm Chaibong

Big Data September/October 2018 Comment

Data to the People

India's online biometric ID database offers a model for treating digital infrastructure as a public good and data as something that citizens deserve access to.

Nandan Nilekani

Security Jul 27, 2018 Snapshot

Is a Storm Brewing in the Taiwan Strait?

Following the success of the notionally pro-indepence party in the 2016 election in Taiwan, Chinese President Xi Jinping launched a campaign to pressure Taiwan to...

Michael Mazza

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen attends a military drill in Penghu, Taiwan in May 2017.

Security Jul 16, 2018 Snapshot

A New Military Strategy for Japan

Japan's current military strategy, which relies on forward defense, is outdated. An active denial strategy would improve deterrence and mitigate crisis instability,...

Eric Heginbotham and Richard Samuels

A Japanese destroyer at Sagami Bay, Japan, October 2015.

Economic Development Jun 29, 2018 Snapshot

The Real China Model

Western democracies do not need to fear the China model. Instead, they should worry about the widespread misinterpretation of this model by the West, the developing...

Yuen Yuen Ang

The financial district in Shanghai, July 2017

Asia July/August 2018 Review Essay

Indonesia’s Forgotten Bloodbath

In his new book about the Indonesian massacres of the late 1960s, Geoffrey Robinson has written a scathing and persuasive indictment of the Indonesian military and the...

Reviewed by Gary J. Bass

The Best of 2018 May/June 2018 Comment

Autocracy With Chinese Characteristics

Since opening its markets in 1978, China has reformed its vast bureaucracy to realize many of the benefits of democratization without giving up single-party control....

Yuen Yuen Ang

Work in progress: repainting in Jiaxing, China, May 2014

Economics Dec 19, 2017 Snapshot

China and the International Monetary System

China's interest in the IMF's Special Drawing Right says more about the country's national identity than about Beijing's interest in challenging the dollar-led...

Hongying Wang

Chinese banknotes in Beijing, July 2011.

Security January/February 2018 Essay

Why China Won’t Rescue North Korea

American assumptions about China’s interests on the Korean Peninsula are dangerously outdated. Despite conventional wisdom, China is no longer wedded to North Korea’s...

Oriana Skylar Mastro

All alone: a North Korean soldier near the Chinese border, June 2013

Trade Nov 7, 2017 Snapshot

What China Wants From Trump

On his Asia tour, Trump seeks significant changes on trade and North Korea from China, but Beijing wants to protect its advantageous status quo.

Mira Rapp-Hooper

Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump attend a dinner at the start of their summit at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida, April 2017.

From the Archives Oct 23, 2017 Snapshot

Is Beijing Adopting an Ethnonationalist Foreign Policy?

Beijing is now actively trying to co-opt a massive and far-flung diaspora to advance its foreign policy goals.

Harry Krejsa and Anthony Cho

Chinese President Xi Jinping leaves a news conference at the end of the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, May 2017.

Security November/December 2017 Comment

Staying the Course in Afghanistan

Withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan would allow the country to revert back to a terrorist safe haven, but significantly ramping up the U.S. presence is a...

Kosh Sadat and Stan McChrystal

The fight goes on: near Jalalabad, Afghanistan, December 2014

From the Archives Sep 22, 2017 Snapshot

Has Moon Jae-In's Catholicism Influenced His Diplomacy?

It is possible that South Korean president Moon Jae-in is so focused on talks because of Catholic religious conviction.

Victor Gaetan

South Korean President Moon Jae-In speaks during a press conference marking his first 100 days in office at the presidential house in Seoul, August 2017.

U.S. Foreign Policy Sep 7, 2017 Snapshot

What Were China's Objectives in the Doklam Dispute?

The Doklam dispute raised important questions about the balance of power in Asia, China’s grand strategy, and what Washington can learn from the episode.

Jonah Blank

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands ahead of their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, September 2014.

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Winning Kashmir and Losing India

Trump’s Assault on the Global Trading System

China’s Future Is South Korea’s Present

Data to the People

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Autocracy With Chinese Characteristics

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