Asia & the Pacific

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

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

Constantino Xavier and Adrianna Pita

Friday, July 22, 2022

A person pays respects next to tributes laid at the site where late former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, near Yamato-Saidaiji station in Nara, western Japan, July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Issei Kato

What does Shinzo Abe’s assassination mean for Japan?

Mireya Solís and Adrianna Pita

Friday, July 8, 2022

U.S. President Joe Biden poses with India Prime Minister Narendra Modi (left) and Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida as he announced the countries that are joining the new Indo-Pacific Economic Framework on Monday (May 23) during his visit to Tokyo. Biden launched his plan for U.S. economic engagement in Asia on Monday by initiating the new Indo-Pacific Economic Framework with 13 founding countries. Speaking at the launch event in Tokyo, Biden said that the future of the 21st Century economy will be written in the Indo-Pacific. The 13 initial members of the group, the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), are the U.S., Japan, India, South Korea, Australia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, New Zealand and Brunei, the Biden administration said Monday. The members accounting for about 40% of the world's gross domestic product.

US economic diplomacy in Asia

Susan A. Thornton and David Dollar

Tuesday, May 31, 2022

FILE PHOTO: Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning sails through the Miyako Strait near Okinawa on its way to the Pacific in this handout photo taken by Japan Self-Defense Forces and released by the Joint Staff Office of the Defense Ministry of Japan on April 4, 2021. Joint Staff Office of the Defense Ministry of Japan/HANDOUT via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. THIS PICTURE WAS PROCESSED BY REUTERS TO ENHANCE QUALITY. AN UNPROCESSED VERSION HAS BEEN PROVIDED SEPARATELY/File Photo

Kevin Rudd on how to avoid war between the US and China

Kevin Rudd and David Dollar

Monday, May 2, 2022

A man works at India's booth during China International Fair for Trade in Services in Beijing, China, May 27, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee

Why globalization is shifting in favor of India, not China

Arvind Subramanian and David Dollar

Monday, April 18, 2022

PA via ReutersLuke Jerram's artwork Gaia, a replica of planet earth created using detailed NASA imagery of the Earth's surface, goes on display in the Painted Hall of the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, as part of the 2020 Greenwich+Docklands International Festival. Picture date: Friday August 28, 2020. Photo credit should read: Matt Crossick/EmpicsNo Use UK. No Use Ireland. No Use Belgium. No Use France. No Use Germany. No Use Japan. No Use China. No Use Norway. No Use Sweden. No Use Denmark. No Use Holland

Brookings President John R. Allen on Russia, Ukraine, China, and leading the Institution forward

John R. Allen and Fred Dews

Friday, March 25, 2022

Gasoline prices in Los Angeles. Prices are in displayed in U.S. dollars for one gallon of gas.1/31/2022 Los Angeles, CA., USA(Photo by Ted Soqui/SIPA USA)No Use Germany.

What’s causing inflation in the U.S. and how we can get out of it

Donald Kohn and David Dollar

Monday, February 7, 2022

Service members of the 92nd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces take part in artillery drills at a shooting range in an unknown location in eastern Ukraine, in this handout picture released December 17, 2021. Picture released December 17, 2021. Press Service of the 92nd Separate Mechanized Brigade/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Russia, China, and beyond: Key U.S. foreign policy challenges

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Fred Dews

Friday, January 21, 2022

ASEAN leaders are seen on a screen as they attend the 4th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Summit as part of the 37th ASEAN Summit in Hanoi, Vietnam November 15, 2020. REUTERS/Kham

The state of Asian trade and trade agreements in 2022

Peter A. Petri and David Dollar

Monday, January 10, 2022

Why is WTO reform so difficult?

Mireya Solís and David Dollar

Monday, December 6, 2021