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October 21, 2014

North Korea
China and Japan’s Perspectives on North Korea

Bonnie S. Glaser of the Center for Strategic and International Studies and CFR Senior Fellow Sheila A. Smith join Marcus Noland, executive vice president and director of studies at the Peterson Insti…

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May 12, 2016

China
Behind China’s Gambit in Pakistan

China’s flagship investment project in Pakistan could provide a much needed economic spark, but significant security and political challenges loom.

March 28, 2014

China
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of March 28, 2014

Lauren Dickey, Darcie Draudt, Charles McClean, Will Piekos, and Sharone Tobias look at the top stories in Asia today. 1. Obama holds trilateral talks with Japan and Korea. U.S. president Barack Obam…

U.S. President Barack Obama holds a trilateral meeting with President Park Geun-hye of the South Korea (L) and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan (R) after the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague on March 25, 2014. (Kevin Lamarque/Courtesy Reuters)

June 28, 2013

China
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of June 28, 2013

Sharone Tobias and Will Piekos look at the top five stories in Asia this week. 1. Julia Gillard is ousted as Australia’s prime minister, replaced by Kevin Rudd. Australia’s first female prime minist…

Australia's new Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, gestures at a news conference at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Offices in Brisbane on February 24, 2012.

December 15, 2011

Sub-Saharan Africa
Congo-Kinshasa Goes from Bad to Worse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cstc7_izAW0&t=1s Earlier this week, I did a bleak video for the CFR on the consequences of Congo’s just-concluded elections. If I were to do it today, it would be even…

June 10, 2013

TWE Remembers: The Korean Expedition of 1871 and the Battle of Ganghwa (Shinmiyangyo)

Sometimes good relationships get off to a bad start. The United States and South Korea are a case in point. Today, Seoul is a valued American ally. Just last month, South Korean president Park Geun-h…

Council of war on board the U.S.S. Colorado in Korea in June 1871 (Courtesy National Archives and Records Administration).