East Asia

July 16, 2024 | Richard Goldberg |

Trump’s foreign-policy platform reflects his first-term achievements

President Biden’s foreign-policy failures have set the world on fire — and the conflagration is now the backdrop as Republicans present their very different vision. Biden has invited multiple...

December 21, 2023 | Reuel Marc Gerecht, Ray Takeyh

The Mullahs and the Dragon

Tehran and Beijing, in a dangerous alliance

February 17, 2023 | |

Chinese President Set to Visit Tehran Following Iranian Counterpart’s Trip to Beijing

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday accepted an invitation to travel to Tehran from Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who visited Beijing earlier this week with a large delegation. The two leaders called for a lifting of sanctions on Iran and signed almost 20 cooperation agreements, including on trade, agriculture, and renewable energy. Xi’s last visit to Iran took place in 2016.

November 30, 2022 | Matt Pottinger, Matthew Johnson, David Feith

Xi Jinping in His Own Words

What China’s Leader Wants—and How to Stop Him From Getting It

November 2, 2022 | Ryan Brobst, Bradley Bowman

How to get Kyiv the Tanks and Armored Vehicles It Needs

“We’re fighting the war out of our pickup trucks,” stated a Ukrainian soldier when reflecting on Ukraine’s slowing counteroffensive in Luhansk region. While Ukraine has a large inventory of tanks...

August 16, 2022 | Craig Singleton |

How Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan Gambit Backfired

Beijing’s shock-and-awe military response has created a new normal in East Asia.

June 2, 2022 | Orde Kittrie |

Israeli-Saudi Deal Over Two Islands Is a Step Toward Peace

Israel and Saudi Arabia have reportedly agreed on a security arrangement enabling Egypt to transfer to the Saudis two strategic islands near Israel. In return for Israel’s acquiescence, Saudi Arabia is...

February 20, 2022 | Behnam Ben Taleblu, Saeed Ghasseminejad

Making Sense of Iran’s Three-Pronged Nuclear Fork In The Road

US officials have deployed an impressive array of metaphors over the past 10 months – from dwindling patience, to a diminishing runway, to a closing window – to describe the Biden administration’s...

January 24, 2022 | Anthony Ruggiero, Matthew Zweig

Biden’s North Korea Policy Needs Rebooting

A series of missile tests make it plain that carrots don’t work without sticks.

December 6, 2021 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery |

Russia and China are testing Biden — and so far, he’s failing

Russia has massed nearly 90,000 troops near its border with Ukraine, while China is reportedly establishing a military base in Equatorial Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean. America’s adversaries are wasting...

October 5, 2021 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer |

Is Europe’s Energy Crisis a Preview of America’s?

Europe has itself to blame for shortages and spiking prices, but Washington is copying many of its policies.

September 22, 2021 | Bradley Bowman, Ryan Brobst, Zane Zovak

Iran Joining the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

Members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) unanimously agreed on Friday to elevate Iran to full membership. The Islamic Republic of Iran’s entry into the SCO strengthens Tehran’s relationships...

August 20, 2021 | Behnam Ben Taleblu, Andrea Stricker

Back to the Drawing Board on Iran

Shifting course to a better policy is more critical than ever in the wake of Biden’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal.

June 19, 2021 | Cleo Paskal |

Is Covid-19 China’s attempt to wage a silent war?

‘In a world following silent biological warfare, the instigating nations will be the quickest to recover, and ultimately lead the new world order. If this is indeed a sci-fi scenario, caused by Chinese...

May 7, 2021 | Mathew Ha |

Biden Must Push President Moon to Get Real on ROK-China Relations

Moon’s reluctance to hold the Chinese government accountable for its misdeeds underscores a challenge for the United States and other allied governments in bolstering regional cooperative efforts supporting a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

March 8, 2021 | David Maxwell |

How to Conduct the Biden Administration’s Korea Policy Review

The way ahead is deterrence, defense, denuclearization, human rights upfront, and solving the “Korea question” (e.g., unification) with the understanding that denuclearization of the north will only happen when we resolve that “Korea question.”

February 17, 2021 | Varsha Koduvayur |

Riyadh Seeks Biden’s Forgiveness

Saudi Arabia has freed activists and announced reforms, but must do more to win the new team’s favor.

February 4, 2021 | Mathew Ha |

Suspending U.S.-ROK Military Exercises Will Not Facilitate Peace Negotiations

Seoul may have its hopes up, but history shows Pyongyang will not change course if military exercises are altered.

January 29, 2021 | Mathew Ha |

Strengthening Alliance With Japan Is Critical for Biden’s Indo-Pacific Strategy

During his Senate confirmation hearing, Anthony Blinken, President Biden’s nominee for Secretary of State, called for Washington “to start approaching China from a position of strength, not weakness.”...

October 13, 2020 | Emily de La Bruyère, Nathan Picarsic

Beijing’s Bid for a Maritime ‘God View’: Military-Civil Fusion Power Projection and Threats to Supply Chain Integrity

On September 30, the White House issued its second critical mineral executive order since 2017. The Executive Order on Addressing the Threat to the Domestic Supply Chain from Reliance on Critical Minerals...