Commentary / World Apr 16, 2019
China's next naval target is the internet's underwater cables
Worried about Huawei's 5G? Wait till it gets into the game for 95 percent of all data and voice traffic.
Commentary / World Mar 11, 2019
A nuclear nightmare is brewing between India and Pakistan
India's election and Pakistan's economic crisis are coming at a very bad time.
Asia Pacific | ANALYSIS Feb 28, 2019
Focus on North Korea's nuclear arsenal obscures threat posed by chemical and biological weapons
As U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held their summit in Vietnam, the narrow focus on nuclear weapons obscured a major danger: Kim holds the whip in a three-ring circus of weapons of mass destruction. The other two rings, ...
Commentary / World Feb 25, 2019
How the Americans can escape the graveyard of empires
The key will be persuading both sides to accept a compromise that is far from perfect for either, but allows Afghanistan to move forward.
Commentary / World Feb 22, 2019
China seeks new islands to conquer
Allies in the Pacific are worried that the U.S. and Europe are no longer reliable.
Commentary / World Jan 4, 2019
Dapper new Kim Jong Un is playing an old game
The best U.S. approach to North Korea can be summed up in two words: strategic patience.
Commentary / World Sep 4, 2018
Taiwan must not be a U.S. bargaining chip
Betraying a longtime ally would have disastrous effects in the region and beyond.
Commentary / World Aug 20, 2018
U.S. needs a cyberforce before a space force
We might be attacked from space someday, but we are being attacked from cyberspace right now, and that demands an immediate response.
Commentary / World Aug 6, 2018
U.S. was right to give China's navy the boot
Make readmission to the vast Pacific Rim exercises a reward for better behavior.
Commentary / World Jun 11, 2018
China's long game for the Singapore summit
While Trump and Kim play checkers, Xi has the go board out.