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U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman meets Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Tianjin, China in this handout picture released July 26, 2021. U.S. Department of State/Handout via REUTERS

Order from Chaos

Working toward responsible competition with China

Patricia M. Kim

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Fumio Kishida, Japan's prime minister, speaks during a news conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, October 4, 2021. Toru Hanai/Pool via REUTERS

Podcast Episode

Will new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida bring change to Japan?

Mireya Solís and Adrianna Pita

Monday, October 4, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Workers make Chinese flags at a factory in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, China September 25, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Order from Chaos

China moves to join the CPTPP, but don’t expect a fast pass

Thursday, September 23, 2021

Reports

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a plenary meeting of the Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this undated photo released on February 12, 2021, by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). 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.

North Korea

North Korea’s economic crisis: Last chance for denuclearization?

Evans J.R. Revere

Friday, February 26, 2021

Staff members place boxes in chairs before the National Day celebrations in front of the Presidential Palace in Taipei, Taiwan, October 10, 2019. REUTERS/Eason Lam - RC1A7C3144B0

Taiwan

Taiwan’s January 2020 elections: Prospects and implications for China and the United States

Kharis Templeman

December 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hold a bilateral meeting during the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, August 25, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RC1B90DB2B30

Japan

The stress test: Japan in an era of great power competition

Richard C. Bush, Lindsey W. Ford, Ryan Hass, Adam P. Liff, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Jonathan D. Pollack, Mireya Solís, Bruce Jones, Laura McGhee, and Ted Reinert

October 2019

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches a missile launch at an unidentified location in North Korea, in this undated image provided by KCNA on August 7, 2019. 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. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA. - RC1C228C97D0

North Korea

US-DPRK negotiations: Time to pivot to an interim agreement

August 2019

China's President Xi Jinping holds a welcome ceremony for U.S. President Donald Trump at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China November 9, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC1A35CB9F20

China

Rethinking US-China competition: Next generation perspectives

Tarun Chhabra, Rush Doshi, Ryan Hass, Mira Rapp-Hooper, Bruce Jones, and Will Moreland

June 2019

Blog Posts

(L to R) Taehyung/V, Suga, Jin, RM, Jungkook, Jimin and J-Hope of South Korean boy band BTS speak at the SDG Moment event as part of the UN General Assembly 76th session General Debate in UN General Assembly Hall at the United Nations Headquarters, in New York, U.S., September 20, 2021. John Angelillo/Pool via REUTERS

Order from Chaos

From the Kabul airlift to BTS at the UN: South Korea’s middle power role

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga bows during speaking to media at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo on September 3, 2021. PM Suga decided not to run for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) presidential election. PM Suga will resign prime minister as his term of office expires at the end of this month. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun )

Order from Chaos

Suga steps down: Japanese politics in the pandemic era

Friday, September 3, 2021

Despite the global pandemic of Covid-19, Taiwan, which has remained unaffected, has decided to maintain this year what has been designated as one of the three largest religious festivals in the world by Discovery Channel, and inscribed by UNESCO on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity: The Mazu Pilgrimage. The pilgrimage will welcome 300 000 people during its 9 days, from April 9 to 19, 2021. Back to the departure of the Mazu pilgrimage from his residence, Zhenlan Temple, in Dajia District, Taichung. Taiwan, 2021-04-09. Photograph by Jimmy Beunardeau / Hans Lucas.Malgre la pandemie mondiale de la Covid-19, Taiwan qui a su rester epargnee, a decide de maintenir cette annee ce qui a ete designe comme l un des trois plus grands festivals religieux du monde par Discovery Channel, et inscrit par l UNESCO sur la liste representative du patrimoine culturel immateriel de l humanite Le pelerinage de Mazu. Le pelerinage accueillera 300 000 personnes pendant ses 9 jours, du 9 au 19 Avril 2021. Retour sur le depart du pelerinage de Mazu depuis sa residence, le temple Zhenlan, dans le district de Dajia a Taichung. France, le 2021-04-09. Photographie par Jimmy Beunardeau / Hans Lucas.

Order from Chaos

Examining the role of cross-Strait relations in Taiwan’s politics

Lev Nachman and Ryan Hass

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Events

Assessing the US-ROK partnership in the global trade agenda: A conversation with South Korean Trade Minister Han-Koo Yeo

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Vulnerability and resilience: The future of East Asian supply chains

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Experts

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Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Hiroshi Kajiyama speaks to media after attending Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, RCEP, meetingheld via video conference on Nov. 15, 2020. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun )

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Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga gestures as he is elected as new head of the ruling party at the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) leadership election in Tokyo | Credit: Kyodo

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A man wearing a face mask as a preventive measure against the spread of Covid-19 walks past an electronic board showing currency exchange rates at a securities firm in Tokyo. Tokyo stocks ended higher Thursday on gains in other Asian markets and expectations for a U.S. economic recovery after the Congress passed a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package overnight. (Photo by James Matsumoto / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

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FILE PHOTO: A North Korea flag flutters next to concertina wire at the North Korean embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia March 9, 2017. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo

Biden administration needs to get real on North Korea

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Monday, March 29, 2021

FILE PHOTO: A North Korea flag flutters next to concertina wire at the North Korean embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia March 9, 2017. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo

North Korea’s new nuclear gambit and the fate of denuclearization

Evans J.R. Revere

Friday, March 26, 2021

FILE PHOTO: A pilot prepares to take off on a F-CK-1 Ching-kuo Indigenous Defence Fighter (IDF) at an Air Force base in Tainan, Taiwan, January 26, 2021. REUTERS/Ann Wang/File Photo

A “Taiwan Relations Act” for Japan?

Thursday, February 25, 2021

Japan's outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wave to staff members as they applaud to bid him goodbye at his official residence in Tokyo, Japan September 16, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato

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