List of Asia articles
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A uniformed person is seen from behind saluting a large navy ship with sailors on the deck. The U.S. Navy Can’t Build Ships
Decades of deindustrialization and downsizing have left America without shipyards to build and maintain a fleet.
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Air Force One’s shadow is seen on farmland after taking off with then-U.S. President Barack Obama and the first family on board, seen in Merced County, California, on June 19, 2016. Chinese Companies Keep Buying U.S. Land Near Military Bases
National security experts warn that some of those purchases are too close for comfort.
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U.S. President Joe Biden announces increased tariffs on Chinese products in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on May 14. The U.S. Should Stop Playing the Victim Over China Trade
Washington can accept reality and shift strategies.
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Josep Borrell arrives for a summit at the EU Parliament in Brussels. ‘We Are Allied, but We Are Not Aligned’
Josep Borrell, Europe’s outgoing foreign-policy chief, on the U.S., China, Ukraine, and Gaza.
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New Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong (C) smiles next to President Tharman Shanmugaratnam (R) during the swearing-in ceremony at the Istana in Singapore. Singapore’s New Prime Minister Is Already Worried
A long-ruling party sees vulnerability as key to its own security and power.
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A small crowd is silhouetted against a giant blue screen with global gridlines that displays the Gasprom logo. Gazprom’s Declining Fortunes Spell Trouble for Moscow
The gas giant’s record loss should worry the Kremlin on several fronts.
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A steel worker takes an iron sample from a blast furnace, surrounded by molten iron. How Steel Built the Modern Economy
And how it might yet save it.
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A man is seen from his profile behind glass, speaking into a microphone and holding a piece of paper. The Kazakh Murder Trial That Captivated Russia
Putin’s political project rests on normalizing violence—including domestic abuse.
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Workers wearing reflective orange jackets stand on an airport tarmac and sweep a red carpet that extends from the boarding steps of the Chinese president's airplane. The pavement around the carpet is damp with puddles, and the sky overhead is gray and overcast. Europeans Need to Trump-Proof China Policy
The United States is an unpredictable ally—but Beijing isn’t a better option.
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A group of American elementary school students stands outside in rows. Most of the students are dressed in winter coats and holding hands with their classmates and raising them in the air. The United States Has a Keen Demographic Edge
Competitors of the United States face plunging birthrates and social gloom.
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Aerial view showing the construction works in the area where the Chinese company Cosco Shipping is building a port in Chancay, some 80 km north of Lima, on August 22, 2023. Peru Learns to Read the Fine Print in China Deals
A mistaken provision has given Beijing control of a key port.
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Following increased Chinese military exercises near the island, flares are fired during a Taiwanese military live-fire drill in Pingtung, Taiwan. China and the U.S. Are Numb to the Real Risk of War
The pair are dangerously close to the edge of nuclear war over Taiwan—again.
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A photo collage illustration shows Navy brass pictured with Fat Leonard raising glasses against a backdrop of Navy ships in the Pacific. Overlaid text reads: Wanted by U.S. Marshals next to a round image of Fat Leonard applying a spa facial mask. ‘Fat Leonard’ Was a Crook U.S. Admirals Called Bro
In the Navy, you can do as you please.
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Tesla vehicles stand outside of a Brooklyn showroom and service center in New York City. What’s Ailing Tesla?
More people are buying electric cars, just not from Elon Musk.
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Indonesians take part in a pro-Palestinian rally at the National Monument park in Jakarta on December 2, 2023. How Joe Biden Sabotaged the ‘Rules-Based Order’
By denying that Israel has violated international humanitarian law in Gaza, Washington is discrediting itself and the order that it claims to uphold.
