List of East Asia articles
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Putin speaks at a podium with flags behind him. How Big of a Deal Is BRICS, Really?
What to know about the bloc as its summit concludes.
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Supporters of the Georgian Dream party hold the edges of a giant Georgian flag as hold it horizontally above the pavement and march it down the center of a street at dusk in Tbilisi. Could Elections Reverse Georgia’s Breakup With the West?
The country’s drift away from Washington and Brussels has pushed it closer to Moscow and Beijing.
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Xi Jinping is seen from the side walking past a blue background with a bird. What Will a Post-Xi China Look Like?
Kevin Rudd on the fragility of Xi’s long-term ideological project.
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A worker sitting at a desk with several computer monitors is seen from behind and across a room in a facility in Shanghai. Other monitors hang above nearby work desks, and a walkway or scaffolding stretches overhead. A Chinese flag hangs from high up on a nearby wall. America Needs Clear Standards for China Tech Decoupling
A new Washington consensus risks improvised and chaotic policy.
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U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan delivers a speech at the Brookings Institution. Jake Sullivan’s Closing Argument on Biden’s Global Economic Agenda
The U.S. national security advisor defended the administration’s approach to allies and adversaries alike.
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Images of Russian President Vladimir Putin are seen near national flags of North Korea and Russia in Pyongyang on June 20. Why North Korea’s Deployment of Troops to Russia Really Matters
Questions abound about the combat quality of Pyongyang’s troops, but they could bail out Moscow and end up alarming Seoul.
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U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sept. 3, 2018. China’s Relentless Legal Warfare to Strangle Taiwan
It’s high time to push back against Beijing’s increasingly successful efforts to delegitimize Taipei.
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A man wearing a baby in a carrier holds an umbrella as he walks by a missile system. Other people mill about in the distance. Taiwanese Missile Units Are Giving Away Their Positions to China
Taiwan’s military hasn’t adjusted to the age of open-source intelligence.
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A factory worker stands near car batteries for Xinwangda Electric Vehicle Battery Company in Nanjing, China, on March 12, 2021. How the United States Can Win the Battery Race
To leapfrog China, Washington should shift away from lithium-ion batteries.
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A photo illustration shows five men joining hands and lifting them up as they stand atop a globe with Europe hightlighted. Can BRICS Finally Take On the West?
How an ad hoc gaggle of countries turned themselves into global revolutionaries and why it might yet matter for the West.
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A statue depicting Yevgeny Prigozhin stands at his grave at the Porokhovskoye cemetery in St. Petersburg on June 20. Prigozhin’s Ghost Lives On in China
The dead Wagner founder still inspires Chinese military bloggers and advocates of privatized security.
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FP-Live-TK-1500x1000 How to Manage an Alliance of Autocracies
China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran are expanding their collaborations.
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U.S. presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks at the U.S.-Mexico border south of Sierra Vista, Arizona, on Aug. 22. Trump Has His Own Monroe Doctrine
As president, his aggressive stance toward the region led many countries to warm to China.
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Chinese People's Liberation Army honor guards stand in front of a mural of the Great Wall inside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 9, 2010. The People’s Republic of China Turns 75
Inside Beijing’s efforts to rewrite its history.
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A monkey like figure in warrior clothing with a weapon. ‘Black Myth: Wukong’ Is Full of Monkey Magic
A blockbuster take on China’s favorite story has become a source of national pride.