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A Chinese tourist pays cash at a Lotte duty free shop in central Seoul, South Korea, February 2, 2016. Chinese visitors to South Korea are buying less from global luxury mainstays like Louis Vuitton and Chanel in favour of cheaper homegrown brands, as young, independent travellers make up a bigger share of tourists. Picture taken on February 2, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji - RTX25IKA

Future Development

A golden age for business? Every second five people are entering the global middle class

Wolfgang Fengler and Homi Kharas

Thursday, July 27, 2017

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk on the podium after Lam taking oath, during the 20th anniversary of the city's handover from British to Chinese rule, in Hong Kong, China, July 1, 2017. REUTERS/Bobby Yip - RTS19C33

Order from Chaos

Inside the struggle for China’s “two systems” in Hong Kong

Maeve Whelan-Wuest and Richard C. Bush

Thursday, July 27, 2017

A South Korean employee of a security firm reacts in front of a graph showing stock price in Seoul March 11, 2003. South Korean shares fell for the sixth straight day on Tuesday, ending at 17-month lows, hit by falls in SK group shares, which tumbled after prosecutors found $1.2 billion in accounting irregularities at the group's trading unit, SK Global. Pictures of the Year 2003 REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Pictures of the month March 2003 KKH/CP - RTRJR77

Asia & the Pacific

Marking the 20th anniversary of the Asian financial crisis

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

US President Donald Trump prepares to give a speech during 2017 G20 meeting in Hamburg.

Order from Chaos

America’s global image: Implications for Washington and its allies

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Reports

A father and his son ride a small boat near a container port in the capital Manila October 9, 2015. Philippine exports fell by the most in four months, reflecting weak global demand that has floored regional economies, but Manila's pledge to raise spending and strong domestic consumption promise to keep the Southeast Asian economy on an even keel. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco - RTS3OXJ

Asia & the Pacific

China’s One Belt One Road initiative: A view from the United States

Joshua P. Meltzer

June 19, 2017

Chinese dredging vessels are purportedly seen in the waters around Mischief Reef in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea in this still image from video taken by a P-8A Poseidon surveillance aircraft provided by the United States Navy May 21, 2015. U.S. Navy/Handout via Reuters/File Photo

Global Governance & Politics

India, China, and differing conceptions of the maritime order

Iskander Rehman

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

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International Affairs

India – The Asian Research Network: Survey on America’s role in the Indo-Pacific

Dhruva Jaishankar

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

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India

Actualising East: India in a Multipolar Asia

Dhruva Jaishankar

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

A woman rides a bike past Taiwan and China national flags during a rally held by a group of pro-China supporters calling peaceful reunification, 6 days before the inauguration ceremony

Asia & the Pacific

A One-China policy primer

Richard C. Bush

March 2017

Blog Posts

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reacts with scientists and technicians of the DPRK Academy of Defence Science after the test-launch of the intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-14 in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang July 5, 2017. 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. - RTX3A3V0

Order from Chaos

North Korea has tested an ICBM. Now what?

Jonathan D. Pollack

Thursday, July 6, 2017

Senator Majority Leader Mitch McConnell walks to the Senate floor of the U.S. Capitol after unveiling a draft bill on healthcare in Washington, U.S. June 22, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTS18890

Up Front

Changes to state innovation waivers in the Senate health bill undermine coverage and open the door to misuse of federal funds

Friday, June 23, 2017

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects the defence detachment on Jangjae Islet and the Hero Defence Detachment on Mu Islet located in the southernmost part of the waters off the southwest front, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 5, 2017. KCNA/ via REUTERSATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. - RTS15ACG

Order from Chaos

A way forward on North Korea?

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Thursday, June 22, 2017

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Otto Frederick Warmbier (C), a University of Virginia student who was detained in North Korea since early January, is taken to North Korea's top court in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this photo released by Kyodo March 16, 2016. Mandatory credit REUTERS/Kyodo/File Photo

Asia & the Pacific

On the death of Otto Warmbier

Jonathan D. Pollack

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

South Korea's new President Moon Jae-In speaks during a press conference at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on May 10, 2017. REUTERS/Jung Yeon-Je/Pool - RTS15XYM

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A worker cleans near the front entrance of the Bank Indonesia's headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia January 14, 2016. Indonesia's central bank, comfortable that higher U.S. interest rates have not spurred big outflows, cut its interest rates for the first time in nearly a year to try to lift an economy growing at its slowest pace since the global financial crisis. REUTERS/Garry Lotulung - RTX22CY3

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U.S. President Donald Trump walks from Marine One as he returns from a day trip to Ohio at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 7, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RTX39IYT

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Natan Sachs appeared on a panel to discuss lessons in Arab-Israeli and Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations after 50 years since the 1967 War.

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