John L. Thornton China Center

A delegate and the Great Hall of the People, the venue of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, are reflected in a window of a bus, on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, November 14, 2012.

The Chinese Communist Party’s experiment with transparency

Jamie P. Horsley

Thursday, February 8, 2018

A NASA Earth Observatory handout released December 5, 2012 of a composite image of Europe, Africa, and the Middle East at night, assembled from data acquired by the Suomi NPP satellite in April and October 2012. The image was made possible by the satellite's "day-night band" of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), which detects light in a range of wavelengths from green to near-infrared and uses filtering techniques to observe dim signals such as city lights, gas flares, auroras, wildfires and reflected moonlight. REUTERS/NASA Earth Observatory/Handout (SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - GF2E8C51UIA01

Watch: Experts discuss an era of new geopolitics

Ryan Hass, Bruce Jones, Robert Kagan, Suzanne Maloney, Jung H. Pak, Alina Polyakova, and Thomas Wright

Wednesday, February 7, 2018

The Taipei 101 (C) building is seen amidst the Taipei city skyline February 9, 2009. Taiwan's exports in January slumped more than 44 percent from a year earlier, less than expected but still a record fall, as the global downturn hammered demand from major centres around the world, data showed on Monday. REUTERS/Nicky Loh (TAIWAN) - GF2E5290PGP01

Don’t squeeze Taiwan

Ryan Hass and Evan S. Medeiros

Wednesday, February 7, 2018

A vendor holds Chinese Yuan notes at a market in Beijing, August 12, 2015. China shocked global markets on Tuesday by devaluing its currency after a run of poor economic data, a move it billed as a free-market reform but which some experts suspect could be the beginning of a longer-term slide in the exchange rate. REUTERS/Jason Lee - SR1EB8C09B142

Tit-for-tat cycle with China will hurt U.S. economy

Monday, February 5, 2018

A Taiwan flag is hung beside the Taipei 101 building in Taipei.

Increasing “soft power” is a low-cost, high-return strategy for Taiwan

Monday, January 22, 2018

[Are the North Koreans prepared to suspend nuclear missile tests to enter talks with South Korea?] Because if they don’t, I don’t see any realistic possibility of any kind of discussion, and certainly not a negotiation with the North.

Jonathan D. Pollack The Washington Post Tuesday, January 2, 2018

Soldiers from different Asia-Pacific countries attend the opening ceremony of the multilateral military exercise known as Cobra Gold, at Sattahip Royal Thai Marine Corps Base in Chonburi, Thailand February 14, 2017. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom

The case for continued American leadership in Asia

Friday, December 29, 2017

United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley delivers introductory remarks during the Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria at the United Nations Headquarters, in New York

UN adopts new sanctions against DPRK

Jonathan D. Pollack

Friday, December 22, 2017

Flags of U.S. and China are placed for a meeting between Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and China's Minister of Agriculture Han Changfu at the Ministry of Agriculture in Beijing, China June 30, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Lee - RC1A8F925660

Was pre-Trump U.S. policy towards China based on “false” premises?

Jeffrey A. Bader and Ryan Hass

Friday, December 22, 2017

A group of disputed islands, Uotsuri island (top), Minamikojima (bottom) and Kitakojima, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China is seen in the East China Sea, in this photo taken by Kyodo September 2012.

Risk of U.S.-China confrontation in the East China Sea

Wednesday, December 20, 2017