East Asia

Everything, everywhere, all at once: Japan’s geoeconomic reckoning

By Charles Lichfield

The Japanese government has some experience with market interventions, but the current cocktail of issues is taking its toll on borrowing conditions.

Developing an Africa-focused tech agenda for the United States to outcompete China

By Conrad Tucker, Ginger Matchett, Samantha Wong, Peter Engelke

The competition between the US and China is playing out in the tech sector and one of the world's fastest-growing markets—the African continent. What can US companies and the US government do to foster mutually beneficial partnerships that are attractive to African consumers and leaders? Takeaways from recent workshops shed some light. 

A blueprint for a US-South Korea combined multi-domain task force

A combined multi-domain task force would fill a critical gap in the US-ROK alliance’s deterrence and rapid-response capabilities.

A US tech agenda focused on Latin America to outcompete China

By Samantha Wong, Ginger Matchett, Peter Engelke

Insights from on the ground in Colombia, where the United States and China's competition for influence is playing out in the tech sector, among other places. 

Dispatch from Geneva: Uyghur communities need cross-border protection from China’s ongoing atrocities

By Rayhan Asat

Beijing’s long arm of transnational repression extends to Chinese dissidents, pro-democracy activists, and Uyghur diaspora communities around the world.

The Iran war is not about China

By Jonathan Fulton

China is behaving like a normal external power with interests in the region, not like a crisis manager shaping outcomes.

What the Taiwanese opposition leader’s recent China visit means for Taipei, Beijing, and Washington

By Wen-Ti Sung

Cheng Li-wun recently visited Beijing and met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the first time a Kuomintang chair has traveled to China in a decade.

A US strategy for energy competition with China in emerging markets

By Steven Burns

The US has an opportunity to position itself as a favorable partner in emerging markets that will help them develop modern, secure energy systems.

Five takeaways for US policymakers about China’s new five-year development plan

By Melanie Hart, Caroline Costello, Samantha Wong

Chinese leaders are much more focused on their nation’s strengths than its weaknesses, and they are feeling bullish about the future.