Asia Pacific

Opinion

Trump, Xi Jinping and the Tariffs

Andrew Liu / n+1 Jan 31, 2025 The collision between China’s commitment to export-driven industrialization and Trump’s fixation on protectionist tariffs was set on course four decades ago. Dig deeper ( 19 Min. Read )

Asia Pacific

The Nuclear Danger in Asia

Daryl G. Kimball / Arms Control Today Jan 9, 2025 Simmering tensions among China, India and Pakistan are driving a triangular nuclear arms race. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Opinion

Carter Told Trump How to Put America First. Will He Do It?

Medea Benjamin & Nicolas J. S. Davies / InDepthNews Jan 3, 2025 “China has not wasted a single penny on war,” Carter told Trump in 2019, “and that’s why they’re ahead of us, in almost every way." Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Science

As Biolabs Multiply, Concerns About Oversight Grow

Priyanka Pulla, Michael Schulson / Undark Jan 2, 2025 India’s policymakers have ambitious plans for pathogen research. Can safety infrastructure keep up? Dig deeper ( 23 Min. Read )

Politics

It Will Be a Happy New Year if Trump Can Navigate These 4 Things

Kelley Beaucar Vlahos / Responsible Statecraft Jan 2, 2025 Experts outline immediate challenges that will require urgency, realism and restraint. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Asia Pacific

Trump Prepares To Confront a Rising China

Michael Klare / TomDispatch Dec 18, 2024 Can he manage U.S.-China relations without precipitating World War III? Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Asia Pacific

Was South Korea’s Coup an Attempt to Restart the Korean War?

Ju-Hyun Park / Peoples Dispatch Dec 17, 2024 Testimony at the National Assembly suggests Yoon’s coup plot may have included plans to trigger a “limited war” with North Korea. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Opinion

The Rise of Trump and the Fall of American Empire

Alfred McCoy / TomDispatch Nov 20, 2024 How America’s strongman will hasten the decline of U.S. global power. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Opinion

A Foreign Policy Bucket List for Biden

Lora Lumpe / Responsible Statecraft Nov 13, 2024 Joe Biden has two months left as president. He can get a lot done — if he sets his mind and the power of the office to it. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Asia Pacific

The Case for a Grand Bargain With China

Richard D. Wolff / IMI Oct 24, 2024 Today’s ecological and geopolitical dangers highlight the urgency of finding a way to avoid World War III. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Wounds of War

Nobel Prize-Winning Japanese Nuclear Survivors See Themselves in Gaza

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Oct 15, 2024 Their certainty that the “people of Gaza” would win the prize speaks volumes about how the genocide is viewed outside the North Atlantic world. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

TD Column

Storming the Palace in Bangladesh

Stephen Robert Miller / Truthdig Oct 8, 2024 Student-led protests for jobs and ending nepotism have toppled a government in South Asia. What’s next? Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )