Asia

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...

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...

American assumptions about China’s interests on the Korean Peninsula are dangerously outdated.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

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

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

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...

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

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.

Vietnam now appears to be an outlier in its vociferous opposition to China’s push for control over the South China Sea.

From New Delhi’s perspective, China’s activities along the troubled border represent Beijing’s latest attempt to undermine India’s close ties with some of its...

Chinese and Indian troops are facing off just yards away from each other, high in the remote Himalayas, at a spot called Doklam.

Bangladesh remains in terrorists' crosshairs, and troubling developments raise doubts about how committed the government is to combating radicalization within...

The Japanese government’s limited strategy of “Trump management” has worked so far. But in the future, Tokyo will have to do more to save the liberal order.

Japan and China are pursuing a slow thaw in bilateral relations.

It's time for the Trump administration to resume freedom of navigation operations in the South China Sea.

The most promising opportunity to strengthen Asia’s rules-based economic order may well be the East Asian Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).

The United States' interests in East Asia depend on strong trilateral relations with Japan and South Korea.

TPP’s demise has doubtless provided China an opportunity to build greater influence in Asia. But any celebrations in Beijing may be premature.