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Radio Free Asia June 8, 2026
By expanding its network of harbors across the Spratlys, Hanoi is making it easier to move personnel, supplies and equipment between its occupied features and the mainland to sustain..."
Lynn Kuok
Lee Kuan Yew Chair in Southeast Asia Studies, Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Asia Policy Studies @LynnKuok
U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum June 2, 2026
Tanvi Madan joined the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum to discuss the recent Quad summit and the implications of the Trump-Xi summit.
Center for Strategic and International Studies May 28, 2026
Tanvi Madan joined the Center for Strategic and International Studies to examine the outcomes of the Quad ministerial meeting in India and the path forward.
Grand Tamasha May 27, 2026
Tanvi Madan joined Grand Tamasha to break down India’s political landscape and the trajectory of the BJP with Milan Vaishnav and Sadanand Dhume.
New York Times May 23, 2026
They [Indian officials] will particularly seek to understand the significance of Washington agreeing to a ‘constructive relationship of strategic stability’ with Beijing.
Foreign Policy May 22, 2026
China is also concerned about instability, and if Russian weapons and technology are getting to North Korea—which likes to march to its own drumbeat—that could be destabilizing…That’s..."
Andrew Yeo
Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Asia Policy Studies, SK-Korea Foundation Chair in Korea Studies @AndrewIYeo
AFP May 20, 2026
The India-US relationship had benefited from competition with China being almost an organizing principle [for US foreign policy in Trump’s first term and under Joe Biden.]
Foreign Policy May 19, 2026
Lynn Kuok was interviewed on the podcast “World’s Toughest Job,” co-produced by Foreign Policy and the UN Foundation, about what leverage the next secretary-general will have in a time...
Lynn Kuok
Lee Kuan Yew Chair in Southeast Asia Studies, Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Asia Policy Studies @LynnKuok
Korea Economic Institute of America May 14, 2026
Andrew Yeo joined the Korea Economic Institute of America and the Korean American Institute for a discussion on the political and economic dimensions of the U.S.-South Korea alliance.
Andrew Yeo
Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Asia Policy Studies, SK-Korea Foundation Chair in Korea Studies @AndrewIYeo
Center for Strategic and International Studies May 13, 2026
Andrew Yeo joined the Center for Strategic and International Studies to discuss the strategic value of China to Korea and Korea’s role in a Taiwan conflict.
Andrew Yeo
Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Asia Policy Studies, SK-Korea Foundation Chair in Korea Studies @AndrewIYeoExperts
Michael E. O’Hanlon
Director of Research
- Foreign Policy,
Director
- Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology,
Co-Director
- Africa Security Initiative,
Senior Fellow
- Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology,
Philip H. Knight Chair in Defense and Strategy
Mireya Solís
Director
- Center for Asia Policy Studies,
Senior Fellow
- Foreign Policy, Center for Asia Policy Studies,
Philip Knight Chair in Japan Studies
Tom Stefanick
Nonresident Senior Fellow
- Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology
Jamie P. Horsley
Senior Fellow, Paul Tsai China Center
- Yale Law School,
Nonresident Senior Fellow
- Foreign Policy, John L. Thornton China Center
Constanze Stelzenmüller
Director
- Center on the United States and Europe,
Senior Fellow
- Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe,
Fritz Stern Chair on Germany and Transatlantic Relations
