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Coercive Diplomacy and North Korean Denuclearization
Two Decades of Failure and Broken Promises:
Chairman Kim Jong-Un proclaimed North Korea’s newfound nuclear status…
Meet Japan’s NDP
The conclusive victory of Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzō Abe in last October’s general election was supposed to…
Malaysia’s 2018 Elections Explained
An unprecedented mix of ecstasy and shock layered Kuala Lumpur on May 10th as Malaysians awoke dumbfounded to…
Xi Jinping’s ‘How to Tame Your Dragon’
In 2015's spy thriller Kingsman: The Secret Service, its charming antagonist Mr. Valentine, brilliantly played by…
Twilight of Japan’s Factionalism: Decline of…
Is the era of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) factionalism over? In February 2018, Fukushiro Nukaga, head of the…
The Rohingya Refugee Crisis: A Gendered Emergency
The mass exodus of Rohingya refugees out of Myanmar and into neighboring countries has attracted significant…
The Chinese Problem in Indonesia: A Ghost from the Past…
The Chinese question is nothing new in Indonesia. Two decades after the post-Suharto reforms, Chinese-Indonesians…
Japan’s Remarkable Modernization
Today, Japan is by all metrics a first world country: It is an advanced democracy with the world’s fourth largest…
Past, Present, and Future: The Monroe Doctrine
The hemispheric hegemony of the United States is not a recent or underdeveloped phenomenon. The Monroe Doctrine,…
Engaging Taipei: The Taiwan Travel Act
On March 16, 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump signed the Taiwan Travel Act. The bill supports high-level visits…
The Hardline Philosophy of John Bolton is a Security…
On March 22, President Donald Trump declared yet another proverbial “You’re Fired!” on Twitter as he announced the…
China’s Ambiguous Posture in the Arctic Region
Thawing ice in the Arctic region has opened a path for considerable economic opportunities in terms of commercial…