Order from Chaos

Pyongyang, North Korea - The photo, published on February 2, 2021, by the Choson Sinbo, a pro-North Korean newspaper based in Japan, shows North Korean workers working in a factory of indigenous musical instruments in Pyongyang. The United Nations is concerned about the continuing violation of human rights in North Korea, declared the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (Acnudh), Michelle Bachelet.

It’s time to refocus on what Biden can do on North Korean human rights

Andrew Yeo and Roberta Cohen

Tuesday, October 4, 2022

An Afghan woman walks with her children on the anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2022. REUTERS/Ali Khara

Has US policy toward Taliban-ruled Afghanistan failed Afghans?

Thursday, September 29, 2022

Handout file photo dated February 15, 2020 of Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) conducts normal underway operations transiting in the Taiwan Strait. Two United States Navy warships have entered the Taiwan Strait in what is the first US naval transit in the waterway since US-China tensions spiked this month over a visit to the island by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The guided-missile cruisers USS Antietam and USS Chancellorsville were on Sunday making the voyage "through waters where high seas freedoms of navigation and overflight apply in accordance with international law," the US 7th Fleet in Japan said in a statement. It said the transit was "ongoing" and that there had been "no interference from foreign military forces so far." U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Gregory N. Juday via ABACAPRESS.COM

A Taiwan perspective on what is at stake after Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan

Monday, September 26, 2022

Christine Lambrecht (SPD), Minister of Defense speaks at the 2022 Bundeswehr Conference in Berlin.

Germany must shake off its habit of finding excuses for inaction

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Friday, September 16, 2022

Giorgia Meloni, leader of far-right Fratelli d'Italia party, poses for a picture after an interview with Reuters, in Rome, Italy, August 24, 2022. REUTERS/Yara Nardi

What happens if right-wing Giorgia Meloni wins Italy’s elections?

Friday, August 26, 2022

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks next to Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Director Sandra Oudkirk during a meeting at the presidential office in Taipei, Taiwan August 3, 2022. Taiwan Presidential Office/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

Beyond Pelosi’s Taiwan visit: Uncertainties about cross-Strait stability

Ryan Hass and S. Philip Hsu

Monday, August 22, 2022

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi meets with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday August 3, 2022, marking a significant show of support for Taiwan despite China's threats of retaliation over the visit. During the meeting with the president of the self-ruled island, Tsai presented Pelosi with a medal. Pelosi's stop in Taipei became the highest-ranking American official in 25 years to visit the self-ruled island claimed by China. Her trip comes at a low point in U.S.-China relations and despite warnings from Beijing, threatening the Chinese military never sit idly by if she made the trip.

What is Taiwan’s plan to protect itself against Chinese pressure?

Friday, August 19, 2022

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol waves a national flag during a ceremony to celebrate Korean Liberation Day from Japanese colonial rule in 1945, at the presidential office square in Seoul, South Korea, August 15, 2022. Ahn Young-joon/Pool via REUTERS

Can South Korea chart a path between the US and China in the Indo-Pacific?

Monday, August 15, 2022

Olaf Scholz, Kanzlerkandidat der SPD, besucht einen Windpark in Luckau, 27.07.2021. Luckau Deutschland *** Olaf Scholz, SPD candidate for chancellor, visits a wind farm in Luckau, 27 07 2021 Luckau Germany Copyright: xJaninexSchmitz/photothek.dexNo Use Switzerland. No Use Germany. No Use Japan. No Use Austria

Germany is now the fulcrum for Vladimir Putin’s pressure

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Thursday, August 11, 2022

Chinese and Taiwanese flags are seen in this illustration, August 6, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Implications for Taiwan of the divergence in narratives on China’s future

Monday, August 8, 2022

File photo dated May 1, 1998 of Oussama Bin Laden, with Ayman al-Zawahiri, his right hand man in Jamkha, Afghanistan. Zawahiri was killed in a counter-terrorism operation carried out by the CIA in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Sunday. Mr Biden said Zawahiri had "carved a trail of murder and violence against American citizens". "Now justice has been delivered and this terrorist leader is no more," he added. Zawahiri took over al-Qaeda after the death of Osama Bin Laden in 2011. He and Bin Laden plotted the 9/11 attacks together and he was one of the US's "most wanted terrorists". Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Al-Qaida after al-Zawahri

Daniel L. Byman

Wednesday, August 3, 2022

U.S. Navy aircraft carrier

Navigating great power competition – A serious planning start

Wednesday, August 3, 2022

Taliban fighters drive a car on a street following the killing of Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a U.S. strike over the weekend, in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 2, 2022. REUTERS/Ali Khara

What Ayman al-Zawahri’s death says about terrorism in Taliban-run Afghanistan

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

(L-R) Israeli President Isaac Herzog, US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid attend the Opening ceremony of the Maccabiah games in Jerusalem. Ilia Yefimovich/dpa

New polls: Democrats say Biden and members of Congress lean toward Israel more than they do

Shibley Telhami

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Ukrainian servicemen fire a M777 howitzer at a position on a front line, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine August 1, 2022. REUTERS/Sofiia Gatilova

Russia, Ukraine, and the decision to negotiate

Monday, August 1, 2022