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November 18, 2019
Ankit Panda
Trump Makes Japan an Offer It Can’t Refuse
The president is shaking down Tokyo and Seoul for billions more in security aid, and testing the foundations of U.S. alliances in Asia.
June 6, 2018
Magazine
Ioan Grillo
When Democracy Isn’t Enough
Elections and free markets haven’t solved the real problems in Latin America.
April 18, 2018
Fatema Z. Sumar
A Smarter Idea Than Starting a Trade War
To curb China, the U.S. could increase development aid to other Asian countries. Sometimes, doing good is good strategy.
February 16, 2018
Irene Hsu
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Sharon Zhang
Mirai Nagasu and Chloe Kim Are Not Your Immigrant Fantasy
How the Asian American athletes making history at the Olympics are being co-opted by pro-immigration voices
January 12, 2017
Jeet Heer
Why Donald Trump Wants You to Ignore Russia and Worry About China
His emerging foreign policy would divide the planet along racial lines.
January 5, 2017
Jeet Heer
Watching Trump’s tweets is now a full-fledged job in South Korea.
September 28, 2016
Clio Chang
What Does it Take for a K-Pop Star to Cross Over?
Chaelin Lee—better known as CL—is attempting to become a household name in the U.S. It won't be easy.
September 15, 2016
Magazine
Brent Crane
Can “Dark Tourism” Help Cambodia Heal?
The jungle hideout where genocidal dictator Pol Pot made his last stand could become the country's next grim attraction.
September 23, 2015
Priya-Alika Elias
The Silence About Mental Health in South Asian Culture Is Dangerous
August 27, 2015
Geng Ngarmboonanant
The Thai Government Is Whitewashing the Bangkok Bombing to Reassure Tourists
June 12, 2015
Suzy Khimm
House Democrats Just Dealt Obama a Withering Blow
March 24, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
South Koreans Are Obsessed With Plastic Surgery, But Are Americans Any Better?
March 5, 2015
Casey Michel
The Crime of the Century
A year after claiming Crimea for Russia, Putin appears to have gotten away with the heist
January 22, 2015
Casey Michel
This Professor Refuses to Disclose Her Work for an Autocratic Regime. Here's What Happened When I Confronted Her.
January 19, 2015
Casey Michel
Even Vladimir Putin's Authoritarian Allies Are Fed Up With Russia's Crumbling Economy
May 23, 2014
Jessica Schulberg
The Military Coup in Thailand Is Putting the U.S. in an Awkward Position
February 18, 2013
Geoffrey Wheatcroft
The Geopolitics of Cheating
Soccer's fixing epidemic is a symptom of a much bigger problem.
August 26, 2011
Joshua Kurlantzick
What Qaddafi’s Fall Means for His Evil Minions in South America, Asia, and Africa
March 3, 2011
Evgeny Morozov
e-Salvation
March 3, 2011
Robert Puentes
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Adie Tomer
Driving’s Back Up ... Or Is it?
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