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What Is Japan's Regional Threat Environment and Defense Strategy?
March 10, 2017
What Is Japan's Regional Threat Environment and Defense Strategy?
How does Japan see its threat environment and what are its defense priorities?
What Is Japan's Regional Threat Environment and Defense Strategy?
Ahok, the Jakarta Gubernatorial Race, and the Future of Indonesian Islam
February 24, 2017
Ahok, the Jakarta Gubernatorial Race, and the Future of Indonesian Islam
Does the blasphemy scandal surrounding Ahok portend a transformation of Indonesian Islam?
Ahok, the Jakarta Gubernatorial Race, and the Future of Indonesian Islam
Play <em>The Diplomat’s Quiz</em>: February 19, 2017 Edition
February 21, 2017
Play The Diplomat’s Quiz: February 19, 2017 Edition
Test your knowledge of the Asia-Pacific region with The Diplomat's weekly news quiz!
Play The Diplomat’s Quiz: February 19, 2017 Edition
Pukkuksong-2: Why North Korea's New Solid-Fuel Ballistic Missile Matters
February 17, 2017
Pukkuksong-2: Why North Korea's New Solid-Fuel Ballistic Missile Matters
North Korea's new missile and launcher show that Pyongyang is taking survivability seriously.
Pukkuksong-2: Why North Korea's New Solid-Fuel Ballistic Missile Matters
What the Trump-Turnbull Call Tells Us About the Future of US Alliances in Asia
February 03, 2017
What the Trump-Turnbull Call Tells Us About the Future of US Alliances in Asia
Does the example of the Trump-Turnbull call portend a downturn for U.S. alliances around the Asia-Pacific?
What the Trump-Turnbull Call Tells Us About the Future of US Alliances in Asia
What's In Store For US-China Relations Under President Donald Trump?
January 25, 2017
What's In Store For US-China Relations Under President Donald Trump?
As the U.S. pulls away from the world, does China win? Perhaps not so easily.
What's In Store For US-China Relations Under President Donald Trump?
South Asian Strategic Stability and Pakistan's Babur-3 Submarine-Launched Cruise Missile
January 14, 2017
South Asian Strategic Stability and Pakistan's Babur-3 Submarine-Launched Cruise Missile
Will Pakistan's new submarine-launched cruise missile bolster or harm strategic stability?
South Asian Strategic Stability and Pakistan's Babur-3 Submarine-Launched Cruise Missile
Understanding Sri Lanka, Two Years After Sirisena Defeated Rajapaksa
January 11, 2017
Understanding Sri Lanka, Two Years After Sirisena Defeated Rajapaksa
Taylor Dibbert and Ankit Panda discuss Sri Lanka's domestic politics and foreign policy.
Understanding Sri Lanka, Two Years After Sirisena Defeated Rajapaksa
8 Years Later: Understanding the Obama Administration's Asia-Pacific Legacy
January 06, 2017
8 Years Later: Understanding the Obama Administration's Asia-Pacific Legacy
How did the United States' foreign policy efforts in the Asia-Pacific pan out under the Obama administration?
8 Years Later: Understanding the Obama Administration's Asia-Pacific Legacy
Obama's Asia-Pacific Legacy: Assessing Policy Toward Maritime Challenges and the North Korea Threat
December 16, 2016
Obama's Asia-Pacific Legacy: Assessing Policy Toward Maritime Challenges and the North Korea Threat
We evaluate the Obama administration's policy performance on some of Asia's most pressing regional flashpoints.
Obama's Asia-Pacific Legacy: Assessing Policy Toward Maritime Challenges and the North Korea Threat
US Defense Diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific: What Obama and Carter Will Leave Trump and Mattis
December 09, 2016
US Defense Diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific: What Obama and Carter Will Leave Trump and Mattis
What will the Obama administration leave the incoming administration on Asia defense policy?
US Defense Diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific: What Obama and Carter Will Leave Trump and Mattis
Making Sense of Donald Trump's Early Asia Moves: Taiwan, China, Pakistan, and the Philippines
December 07, 2016
Making Sense of Donald Trump's Early Asia Moves: Taiwan, China, Pakistan, and the Philippines
What can be said about the incoming U.S. president's plans for Asia based on three important phone calls?
Making Sense of Donald Trump's Early Asia Moves: Taiwan, China, Pakistan, and the Philippines
The 'Pivot' Gets Trumped: The Asia-Pacific Under President Trump
November 10, 2016
The 'Pivot' Gets Trumped: The Asia-Pacific Under President Trump
What does a Trump presidency in the United States mean for East, Southeast, and South Asia? Our editors discuss.
The 'Pivot' Gets Trumped: The Asia-Pacific Under President Trump
Everything You Wanted to Know About South Korea's 'Choi-Gate'
November 08, 2016
Everything You Wanted to Know About South Korea's 'Choi-Gate'
A political scandal is engulfing South Korean Preisdent Park Geun-hye. What are the stakes and who are the players?
Everything You Wanted to Know About South Korea's 'Choi-Gate'
China's 6th Plenum: Why You Should Care
November 05, 2016
China's 6th Plenum: Why You Should Care
The Diplomat‘s Editor-in-Chief Shannon Tiezzi joins Ankit Panda to discuss Chinese politics after the Sixth Plenum.
China's 6th Plenum: Why You Should Care
Philippine Foreign Policy Under Rodrigo Duterte: Geopolitical Tectonic Shifts?
October 26, 2016
Philippine Foreign Policy Under Rodrigo Duterte: Geopolitical Tectonic Shifts?
The Diplomat‘s Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran discuss Philippine foreign policy under Rodrigo Duterte.
Philippine Foreign Policy Under Rodrigo Duterte: Geopolitical Tectonic Shifts?
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