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“Beclowned.” That was a characterization made by Washington Post economics columnist Catherine Rampell when commenting on the U.S. debt limit...
A little-noticed outcome of the gaggle of meetings hosted by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida recently in Hiroshima was an agreement to establish a...
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has insisted that security is indivisible and that “Ukraine today may be East Asia...
U.S. President Joe Biden flexed presidential muscle in March when he issued his first veto. The offending legislation didn’t straitjacket his...
The odds are long on the prospect that legislation will be passed that advances LGBTQ rights in Japan. That is a tragedy for Japanese members of that...
I spent last week on the East Coast of the U.S. where every conversation focused on the intensifying competition with China. Yet for all the attention...
Brace for the flood. Confirmation that it is finally surpassing China in population has spurred analyses proclaiming that India’s time has come....
The most formidable element of U.S. national power isn’t its military. The trillions spent on the mighty American military machine pale beside the...
Talk about mixed messages! Days after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made one of the toughest speeches ever on China by an EU...
Every U.S. politician — and especially a presidential candidate — fears an “October surprise.” This is a revelation just days or weeks before...
Let’s play connect the dots. Drawing lines between recent events reveals worrying developments and an increasingly salient threat, one we’re not...
I confess, my first reaction to news of the problems at Silicon Valley Bank was a smirk. It was hard not to relish the sight of tech libertarians, the...
Brussels – A year on, we’re still struggling to come to grips with the implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Even though the war will...
If climate change is one of the most pressing problems our planet faces — and it is — then it should be a, if not the, top priority for...
For all the uncertainties in the debate about decoupling China and Western economies — and there are far more questions than answers — everyone...
SEOUL – No incident has more deeply scarred contemporary South Korean thinking than China’s imposition of economic sanctions after Seoul agreed in...
It’s helpful to remember that U.S. alliances in Northeast Asia were, as Georgetown University’s Victor Cha explained in his important book...
The Inflation Reduction Act, signed into law in the United States last summer, is “a game changer” for U.S. decarbonization efforts, spurring a...
Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand’s charismatic, energetic and empathetic leader, shocked her nation and the world last week by announcing that she would...
Cue the Don Adams, Max Smart voice: “The old ‘frog in the boiling water” trick, eh?” That was my reaction (inspired by the American comedy...
Being logical can get you in trouble. For instance, if dominating the frontiers of new technology yields leadership of the global economy, which in...
The quest to master the development of new technologies has been a defining characteristic of modern Japan. Commodore Matthew C. Perry’s 1853 visit...
Publication last month of three new national security documents heralds a new era for Japan — and not just because their content marks a shift in...
SINGAPORE – “Don’t make us choose!” That has been, is, and almost certainly will continue to be Southeast Asia’s reflexive response to...
MANILA – No country has a more immediate sense of China’s aggressive impulses than does the Philippines. Philippine fishermen are regularly...
It is difficult to overestimate the progress in the Japan-Australia relationship. Working from a bedrock of shared values and interests, the two...
The war in Ukraine should have shattered many illusions about how the world works. The lessons are both alarming and reassuring — if we pay...