By Adrien Chorn — The Asia Reassurance Initiative Act (ARIA), which passed through bipartisan support in both chambers of the U.S. Congress and was later signed into law by President Donald Trump on December 31, 2018, may be overlooking the…
By Ryosuke Hanada — Mr. Ryosuke Hanada is a research fellow of the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA). In 2019, Mr. Hanada was a Visiting Scholar with the Japan Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)…
By Ryo Sahashi — Dr. Ryo Sahashi is an associate professor of International Politics at the University of Tokyo. In 2019, Dr. Sahashi was a Visiting Scholar with the Japan Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)…
By Donald Camp — The drill used to be predictable. Since the nuclear era dawned in South Asia, any sign of border tensions between India and Pakistan would set off alarm bells in the foreign ministries of the United States and…
By Takahiro Motegi — Papua New Guinea (PNG) turned down the United States, Japan, and Australia in November 2018, when they offered to build a submarine cable network connecting PNG to the global network. The offer was expected to be…
By Sue Mi Terry & Lisa Collins — On February 27 and 28, U.S. president Donald Trump met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for a second bilateral summit in Hanoi, Vietnam. The summit was cut short abruptly in the…
By Richard Rossow — On February 14, a terrorist killed 40 Indian military personnel in Kashmir. The Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed claimed responsibility, though Pakistan’s civilian government attempted to downplay this link. India responded with an air strike against a…
By Naing Thant Phyo — On September 9, 2018, the Myanmar government signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with China to establish the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC), which will connect Yunnan Province in China to Kyaukphyu in Myanmar’s Rakhine State…
In this episode, we discuss conflict resolution and development in the northeast Indian state of Nagaland. The long-running insurgency in Nagaland looks to be drawing to a close following conclusion of a framework for a peace agreement in 2015 between…
By Victor Cha, Sue Mi Terry, and Michael Green — The third inter-Korean summit is taking place this week from September 18 to 20 in Pyongyang, North Korea. The two leaders, President Moon Jae-in of South Korea and Chairman Kim…