How Taiwan Just Redrew East Asia’s Battle Lines
In November 2025 a public disagreement between Beijing and Tokyo over Taiwan exposed how the island’s fate now reaches far beyond Taipei, shaping trade,...
The New East Asian Rivalry: China, Japan, and the Struggle for Supremacy
This article will discuss the tensions between China and Japan that have resurfaced after the latest statement from Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi regarding...
Japan Will Lose More Than It Gains by Exploiting the Taiwan Issue
Because of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s statements in the Diet regarding the Taiwan issue, the already fragile China–Japan relationship has deteriorated rapidly. China...
Explainer: Why is China’s rare earths ‘model’ not easy to break or replicate
Deng Xiaoping, the second most popular leader after Mao in post-1949 China and known as the “chief architect” of modern China for having launched...
Taiwan — The Endgame After All International Conflicts?
As the world moves into the final weeks of 2025, the global landscape looks markedly different from that of 2024. Over the past year,...
The G2 is Merely Highlighting a Bipolar World, Not Causing One
The recent meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping was convened on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in South Korea. They...
Takaichi Marks Japan’s Turn Toward Strategic Maturity
When Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced that Tokyo would inform US President Donald Trump of its intention to “build up its military...
Illusion of Supremacy or Reality of Power: Why the U.S. Cannot Wage War on China
During the past several years, war scenarios and analyses issuing from Washington have hewed to a familiar but deceptively reassuring image of the future:...
Learning from Nasser: How to Stop Pyongyang’s War of Attrition
When Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser launched his “War of Attrition” between 1969 and 1970, he was aware that he could not defeat Israel...
Policy Directions and Strategic Adjustments in China’s 15th Five-Year Plan
The “plenary sessions” of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee play a crucial role in determining the country’s future policy direction, and if one...