Center for East Asia Policy Studies

FILE PHOTO: Philippine presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., son of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, delivers a speech during a campaign rally in Lipa, Batangas province, Philippines, April 20, 2022/.Eloisa Lopez//File Photo

A Marcos returns to power in the Philippines

Mely Caballero-Anthony

Friday, May 13, 2022

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden takes a question after announcing the release of 1 million barrels of oil per day for the next six months from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve, as part of administration efforts to lower gasoline prices, at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 31, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

Taking stock of US-ASEAN relations as Biden convenes a special summit

Jonathan Stromseth

Wednesday, May 11, 2022

South Korea's president-elect Yoon Suk Yeol talks about his relocation plans for the presidential office during a press conference in Seoul on March 20, 2022. (Kyodo)==KyodoNO USE JAPAN

How will South Korea’s new president approach Russia’s Ukraine invasion?

Monday, May 9, 2022

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping during their meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, October 9, 2019. Parker Song/Pool via REUTERS

Does the China-Solomon Islands security pact portend a more interventionist Beijing?

Patricia M. Kim

Friday, May 6, 2022

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen poses for a group photograph with U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, Bob Menendez, chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and other U.S. delegation members, at the presidential office in Taipei, Taiwan, in this handout picture released April 15, 2022. Taiwan Presidential Office/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

Focus on interests, not ideology, to strengthen Taiwan’s standing

Monday, April 18, 2022

FILE PHOTO: An engineer holds a chip while posing for a photo, he is in the middle of testing reactions from different materials and shapes that can have on the chip at the Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute (TSRI) in Hsinchu, Taiwan, February 11, 2022. REUTERS/Ann Wang/File Photo

Ensuring a stronger US-Taiwan tech supply chain partnership

Tuesday, April 12, 2022

People wait to receive their booster shot of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at the lobby of Taipei main station ahead of Lunar new year in Taipei, Taiwan, January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Ann Wang

Taiwan’s people are not impressed with China’s “Zero COVID” status

Shelley Rigger, Lev Nachman, Chit Wai John Mok, and Nathan Kar Ming Chan

Friday, March 11, 2022

President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol speaks during a press conference at the National Assembly Library in Seoul, South Korea, March 10, 2022. Yoon Suk-yeol of the Main Conservative Opposition People Power Party won a narrow victory in the South Korean presidential election amid people's aspiration for transfer of power. (Photo by: Lee Young-ho/Sipa USA)

What to expect from the incoming South Korean president’s domestic and foreign policy agendas

Thursday, March 10, 2022

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz holds a video conference with French President Emmanuel Macron holds and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday March 8, 2022 to discuss the dramatic consequences of Russia invasion of Ukraine. For a ceasefire and the guarantee of people\'s access to humanitarian aid, President Xi has given his support behind France, according to France presidential office statement.

China’s choices and the fate of the post-post-Cold War era

Patricia M. Kim

Tuesday, March 8, 2022

BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 4, 2022: Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping pose during a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse. Alexei Druzhinin/Russian Presidential Press and Information Office/TASS.No use Russia.

Ukraine presents opportunity to test China’s strategic outlook

Tuesday, March 1, 2022