May 4, 1919: The Making of Modern China

Relationships between states – and governments and their people – can be difficult to manage when interests diverge.

100 years later, modern China’s foundational moment has taken on many meanings.

Parsing the war’s consequences, implications, and relationship to 2019’s Balakot crisis.

China’s crackdown on Muslims in its far west has become a domestic issue for the Kazakh government.

After U.S. clarification of its defense commitment to the Philippines, the time is ripe for both sides to modernize their longstanding partnership.

How is South Korea’s Moon Jae-in faring two years into his presidency?

Rumors of the initiative’s demise have been greatly exaggerated, as proved by the April Belt and Road summit.

Educational ties are increasingly ensnared in broader geopolitical tensions simmering between Beijing and Washington.

Taiwan’s November elections weren’t directly about cross-strait relations, but that doesn’t mean China had no impact.

A British Parliamentary Report questions the wisdom of proclaiming a “Golden Era” in UK-China relations.

China’s system for security screening of foreign investments is still veiled in secrecy.

The U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee meeting included welcome developments, but will also pose challenges for Japan.

Moon has to keep the process between Trump and Kim moving along, but can he?

Is there a way out of the Japan-South Korea spat?

Japan wants to be a leader on climate change, but environmental activists have doubts about the latest strategy.

Reports of business closures and food price spikes are more evidence that North Korea’s economy is struggling.

Employment and the distribution of the fruits of India’s economic growth to all segments of its population are the primary concerns of the electorate.

China is doubling down on Pakistan – and this time, it’s determined to keep militancy from damaging the relationship.

The strange logic behind Pakistan’s leaders wanting a Hindu nationalist party to keep control of India.

The government is planning to develop “maritime clusters.” What will that look like?

Don’t let the Islamic State connection overshadow the local factors that fed into the attack.

A closer look at a landmark development for the bilateral relationship.

Though Duterte-linked candidates may do well, the issues raised during the campaign could ultimately prove to be his undoing.

In an era of increased electoral polarization and agitation, what are the lessons of Indonesia’s tame campaign?

Health rumors aside, the big question remains who will follow in Nguyen Phu Trong’s footsteps.

Huawei’s already substantial presence in the sultanate is likely to extend to building Brunei’s 5G network.

The challenges to increasing cooperation in Central Asia will invariably involve confronting harsh economic truths and hard political realities.

In Poland, asylum seekers from Tajikistan wrestle with insecurity and uncertainty.

Forced labor remains a reality in Uzbekistan, but the ILO and others are encouraged by the government’s progress.

Former presidential candidate Omurbek Babanov canceled plans to return to Kyrgyzstan, a year and a half after he fled the country.

Two meetings — of Nur Otan in Nur-Sultan and an assembly of youths in Almaty — tell a tale of two Kazakhstans.

Australia has yet to ratify the treaty delineating its maritime border with Timor-Leste; meanwhile gas revenues flow.

As U.S. defense planners consider the potential closure of Diego Garcia, they should know the limits of the Cocos Islands.

With Jokowi likely scoring another term in Indonesia, the bilateral relationship’s direction balances on Australia’s pending polls.

Although counting continues, it seems that the first post-RAMSI election has been a success.

Kim Jong Un hasn’t shut the door for further diplomacy with the United States, but time is running out.

History provides the blueprint for a winning deal.

One is a resurgent power focused on economic preeminence; the other a declining power fomenting chaos.

The two waterways constitute critical chokepoints for Chinese military operations both along and beyond the so-called first island chain. 

American confidence that its private space sector can take on China alone is wildly misplaced.

It wouldn’t change the military balance across the Taiwan Strait, but would signal a shift in U.S. support for Taipei.

The basic philosophy of nuclear deterrence in India has not changed, despite recent arguments.

The point at which India overtakes China as the world’s most populous country is looming, but we won’t know it until years after.

Football transfer markets look east as East Asian players are making names for themselves in Europe’s top leagues.

How can Asian countries survive without Tibetan glaciers and water?