Center for East Asia Policy Studies

Protestors leave after lighting fire on a road during a rally in Hong Kong, China September 8, 2019. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis - RC1DBD59A700

How Hong Kong got to this point

Richard C. Bush

Thursday, September 12, 2019

South Korean President Moon Jae-In is welcomed by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe upon his arrival for a welcome and family photo session at G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 28, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool - RC1FCA9B2AB0

South Korea and Japan have more in common than they think

Jung H. Pak and Ethan Jewell

Thursday, September 5, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in visit the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, June 30, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC147119FEC0

America should not ask South Korea to host intermediate-range missiles

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Jung H. Pak

Thursday, September 5, 2019

Pro-democracy protesters use umbrellas to protect themselves from tear gas during a protest against police violence during previous marches, near China's Liaison Office, Hong Kong, China July 28, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu - RC1304E1DFD0

On Hong Kong, the US must find its voice

Ryan Hass and Susan A. Thornton

Tuesday, July 30, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un cross over a military demarcation line at the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, June 30, 2019. KCNA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA. - RC1D4113FE00

Trump and Kim can’t fix the US-North Korea problem on their own

Monday, July 8, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with China's President Xi Jinping at the start of their bilateral meeting at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC1E7DB7CCD0

What the US and China each got out of the Trump-Xi meeting in Japan

Monday, July 1, 2019

Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walk during Xi's visit in Pyongyang, North Korea in this picture released by by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on June 21, 2019. KCNA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA. - RC1347120C00

Mr. Xi goes to Pyongyang

Monday, June 24, 2019

Workers load goods for export onto a crane at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China June 7, 2019. Picture taken June 7, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. - RC18EA753F70

On U.S.-China trade, America is off track

Monday, June 24, 2019

A man holds the flags of India and the U.S. while people take part in the 35th India Day Parade in New York August 16, 2015. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz - GF20000022053

As Pompeo heads to Delhi, the US-India relationship is at a critical juncture

Friday, June 21, 2019

Paramilitary policemen stand guard at sunrise in front of a giant portrait of late Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong at the Tiananmen gate ahead of the visit by U.S. President Donald Trump to Beijing, China November 8, 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1B1195C290

30 years after Tiananmen Square, a look back on Congress’ forceful response

Richard C. Bush

Wednesday, May 29, 2019