Northeast Asia

North Korea in a new era of US-South Korea partnership

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM EST

What is a strategy of denial and does it make sense for America?

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

Students wearing face masks walk home following a class as schools reopen on a trial basis after the government extended restrictions to curb the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ciamis, West Java, Indonesia September 9, 2021. Antara Foto/Adeng Bustomi/via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. INDONESIA OUT. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC2BMP9ZA7S4

Resilience in the Asia Pacific: Vaccines and the “triple challenge”

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are seen at a convention hall in the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, October 15, 2021. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha - RC25AQ937W9G

Asia Pacific must fix its broken vaccine system

Malcolm Turnbull and Syaru Shirley Lin

Monday, October 25, 2021

May 14, 2019, Tokyo, Japan - Japan's computer giant Fujitsu unveils a 300mm wafer which has the CPU chips with 48-core and 2-assistant core Arm architecture "A64FX" processor at Fujitsu's high-tech exhibition Fujitsu Forum 2019 in Tokyo on Tuesday, May 14, 2019. Fujitsu and Riken are developing the government-backed next generation supercomputer called Post-K computer, 100 times greater performance of K computer. (Photo by Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO) No Use China. No Use Taiwan. No Use Korea. No Use Japan.

Toward a US-Japan digital alliance

Thursday, October 21, 2021

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

Working toward responsible competition with China

Patricia M. Kim

Friday, October 8, 2021

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

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

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

Thursday, September 23, 2021

(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

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

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

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

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM EDT

ToRuleTheWaves

To Rule the Waves: How Control of the World’s Oceans Shapes the Fate of the Superpowers

By Bruce Jones

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 )

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.

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

Lev Nachman and Ryan Hass

Friday, July 30, 2021

Examining China’s telecommunications ambitions

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Vulnerability and resilience: The future of East Asian supply chains

8:00 PM - 9:15 PM EDT

People taking selfies near a footbridge decorated with lanterns ahead of the Lunar New Year, amid the Covid-19 pandemic.The island country will see few people in the streets as events, activities and gatherings for festival celebration have been cancelled or postponed to avoid the transmission subsequent to a cluster of domestic outbreak. (Photo by Daniel Tsang / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Can Taiwan have security AND the good life?

Richard C. Bush and Bill Finan

Friday, April 23, 2021

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.

Asia’s new foreign investment landscape

East Asia Forum Quarterly April - June 2021

Difficult choices: Taiwan’s quest for security and the good life

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM EDT

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

Michael E. O’Hanlon

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