East Asia

China's strategic ambitions, Taiwan's precarity, the Korean peninsula and the Indo-Pacific contest between Washington and Beijing. Coverage focuses on the decisions being made here that will shape the international order for decades.

Japan Chose Its Lesson

Eighty years ago, Japan was bombed into pacifism. On Tuesday, it voted itself out. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Cabinet approved the scrapping of Japan's ban on

By Sunny Peter

/ 22 Apr 2026

The Slow Siege

China has renamed 23 places in Arunachal Pradesh it does not control. Again. On April 10, Beijing's Ministry of Civil Affairs published its sixth list of what it

By Sunny Peter

/ 15 Apr 2026

When the Tyrant Has a Point

"Today's reality clearly demonstrates the legitimacy of our nation's strategic choice and decision to reject the enemies' sweet talk and permanently secure our nuclear

By Sunny Peter

/ 31 Mar 2026

Semiconductor Chessboard: How the US-China AI Race is Redrawing Global Alliances and Diplomatic Strategy

When OpenAI's leadership approached the Trump administration in late October 2025 with an ambitious request to expand Chips Act tax credits beyond semiconductor fabrication to cover AI data

By Sunny Peter

/ 12 Nov 2025

Semiconductor Chessboard: How the US-China AI Race is Redrawing Global Alliances and Diplomatic Strategy

China's Massive Military Parade Unites Xi, Putin, and Kim Jong Un in Historic Display of Anti-Western Alliance

In an unprecedented demonstration of solidarity that marked an unprecedented show of force to the Western capitals, China hosted a massive military parade on September 3, 2025, bringing together three

By Sunny Peter

/ 3 Sep 2025

China's Massive Military Parade Unites Xi, Putin, and Kim Jong Un in Historic Display of Anti-Western Alliance