List of Asia articles
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Heads of state listen to U.S. President Donald Trump's opening remarks at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Oct. 26. Trump Is Alienating Southeast Asia
Tariffs and inattention have pushed regional states toward China.
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Naofumi Tsumura, director of the guard and rescue department of the Japan Coast Guard's 10th regional headquarters, speaks to media from the helicopter deck of a Japan Coast Guard ship at the end of maritime exercises with the Philippines and the United States Coast Guards in the waters around Kagoshima, Japan, on June 20. To Counter China, Look to the ‘Other Trilat’
The U.S.-Philippines-Japan partnership needs institutionalization.
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A view of the entrance of White Sands Missile Range, where the Trinity nuclear test site is located, near White Sands, New Mexico, on Feb. 21, 2024. What Does Trump Think Nuclear Testing Is?
A vague statement opens a range of expensive possibilities.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrive for trade talks in Busan, South Korea, on Oct. 30. How Beijing Views Trump
A top China scholar and former Biden administration advisor on the Trump-Xi meeting and the future of the U.S.-China relationship.
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A wide view shows the large circular table of the U.N. Security Council, with about fifteen representatives seated at placards naming their countries and various aides sitting in chairs behind them. A mural stretches across one large wall, and the other is covered in green wallpaper. Could the Financial Action Task Force Save U.N. Sanctions?
As a more technical body, the task force might be able to fill the gap left by Security Council paralysis.
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Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi arrives at Afghanistan's embassy in New Delhi for a press conference on Oct. 12. The Taliban’s Entry Into India-Pakistan Rivalry
Kabul’s flirt with New Delhi is a classic case of geopolitical logic.
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Members of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) shout slogans and hold a poster of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemning the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls ahead of state elections in the country's Bihar state, during a protest in New Delhi on July 28. India Is Disenfranchising Millions of Voters
A controversial policy may be targeting religious minorities and Dalits.
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Visitors take selfies with the logo of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) outside of the TSMC Museum of Innovation on April 18 in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Taiwan’s Government Is Scared of Its Own Semiconductor Giant
Taipei needs to learn how to better wield the “silicon shield.”
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets with Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi at a gathering of foreign ministers of the Indo-Pacific Quad at the U.S. Department of State in Washington on July 1. The Quad Is Dead, Long Live the Quad
In an increasingly dangerous era, the group’s old patterns of cooperation will not suffice.
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Donald Trump, left, wears a red tie and blue suit. Xi Jinping, wearing a blue tie and suit, waves his hand. Why China Is Winning the Trade War
Rare earths and other assets have given Beijing an edge in trade talks with Washington.
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Two men pose in front of a brown sculpture of a headless Mao Zedong kneeling with one hand over his heart. The man on the left holds the sculpted severed head of Mao. The man on the right leans against the statue’s base and smokes a cigarette. China Is Stamping Out Dissident Art
Curators, painters, and performers are facing jail or exile.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim hold folders bearing the signed agreement as they sit in front of a blue backdrop. Will Trump’s Critical Minerals Blitz Pay Off?
The U.S. president has been on a mission to secure new supply chains—and counter China’s grip.
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Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, and U.S. President Donald Trump at the ASEAN summit Trump Plays Offense in China’s Backyard
His Cambodia charm offensive is the new normal in U.S. foreign policy.
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Lee and Trump walk side by side down a red carpet flanked by South Korean honor guards. The Defense Implications of Trump’s Asia Trip
Featuring planes, ships, rockets, and nukes.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks with U.S. President Donald Trump during a bilateral meeting at Gimhae Air Base in Busan, South Korea, on Oct. 30. What Trump and Xi Did—and Didn’t—Agree to
From soybeans to semiconductors, here’s everything you need to know about what came out of the meeting.
