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A Japanese H-2B rocket carrying cargo for the International Space Station blasts off from Tanegashima Space Center. (REUTERS/Kyodo)

TechStream

The promise and perils of the new space boom

Sarah Kreps, Avishai Melamed, and Ray Jayawardhana

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks next to Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Director Sandra Oudkirk during a meeting at the presidential office in Taipei, Taiwan August 3, 2022. Taiwan Presidential Office/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

Order from Chaos

Beyond Pelosi’s Taiwan visit: Uncertainties about cross-Strait stability

Ryan Hass and S. Philip Hsu

Monday, August 22, 2022

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol waves a national flag during a ceremony to celebrate Korean Liberation Day from Japanese colonial rule in 1945, at the presidential office square in Seoul, South Korea, August 15, 2022. Ahn Young-joon/Pool via REUTERS

Order from Chaos

Can South Korea chart a path between the US and China in the Indo-Pacific?

Andrew Yeo

Monday, August 15, 2022

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Events

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Experts

Cheng Li

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Multimedia

Chinese President Xi Jinping waves after his speech as the new Politburo Standing Committee members meet the media following the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China October 23, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

Podcast Episode

What does Xi Jinping’s power move mean for China?

Patricia M. Kim and Adrianna Pita

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

FILE PHOTO: Chinese President Xi Jinping claps after his speech as China's new Politburo Standing Committee members meet the press at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China October 25, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo

Podcast Episode

Checking in on China’s economy during the 20th Party Congress

Eswar Prasad and David Dollar

Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Police use tear gas as Protesters storm the compound of prime minister's office, demanding Ranil Wickremesinghe resign after president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country amid economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka,July 13, 2022. (Photo by Pradeep Dambarage/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

Podcast Episode

Why is Sri Lanka in crisis, and what comes next?

Constantino Xavier and Adrianna Pita

Friday, July 22, 2022

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South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol arrives for the G20 leaders' summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/Pool

South Korea’s sideline diplomacy at the ASEAN and G-20 meetings

Andrew Yeo

Thursday, November 17, 2022

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Candidates for China’s 20th Politburo Standing Committee and Politburo

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Sunday, October 16, 2022

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Wednesday, September 28, 2022

A customs officer stands beside a total of 649 kg (1,430 pounds) of cocaine during a news conference held by the Customs and Excise Department in Hong Kong July 6, 2012. Customs officers seized a record amount of cocaine with a street value of HK$760 million ($98 million), a government radio reported on Friday. The drugs were found in a container coming from Ecuador at the Kwai Chung Container Terminals and three men have been arrested so far. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: CRIME LAW DRUGS SOCIETY)

The foreign policies of the Sinaloa Cartel and CJNG – Part II: The Asia-Pacific

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Washington, DC

Reports

Economic security in the Indo-Pacific: Implications for US-Japan relations

Global China: US-China relations through the lens of great power competition

Prospects and challenges for Taiwan in the years ahead

Director - John L. Thornton China Center

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy

Director - Center for East Asia Policy Studies

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies

Philip Knight Chair in Japan Studies

Director - The India Project

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Project on International Order and Strategy