ASEAN Relations
Southeast Asian engagement, multilateral architecture, and great-power competition in the region.
Coverage forthcoming.
In East Asia
China
US-China rivalry, trade war, Taiwan Strait, technology competition, and great-power confrontation.
Japan
Alliance management, defense normalization, economic partnership, and Indo-Pacific strategy.
South Korea
Alliance, North Korean threat, semiconductor leadership, and peninsular diplomacy.
Taiwan
Cross-strait tensions, semiconductor sovereignty, defense commitments, and strategic ambiguity.
North Korea
Nuclear weapons, missile tests, sanctions, and the diplomacy of denuclearization.
ASEAN Relations
Southeast Asian engagement, multilateral architecture, and great-power competition in the region.
Pacific Islands
Strategic partnerships, climate vulnerability, Chinese influence, and the island states' sovereignty.
Indo-Pacific Strategy
Quad alliance, AUKUS, freedom of navigation, and the architecture of Asian order.
Trade Architecture
CPTPP, RCEP, bilateral agreements, and the economic architecture of the Pacific.
Maritime Security
South China Sea, freedom of navigation, naval presence, and maritime law enforcement.