Commentary

World | Commentary Jan 30, 2020

Why is Tokyo defying population outflows among world's 'superstar' cities?

by Justin Fox

Like a lot of big cities in the developed world, Amsterdam lost population in the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s as its inhabitants opted for newer dwellings and more space outside the city. During those same decades, newcomers arrived in large numbers from former ...

National / Politics | Commentary Jan 22, 2020

In an uncertain East Asia, Japan's security choices face balancing act between U.S. and neighbors

by Titli Basu

As the distribution of power in the regional order becomes fragmented with intensifying Sino-U.S. strategic competition, Japan remains at the front line of East Asian security. With Chinese unilateral and coercive efforts altering the status quo on the one hand and the complexity of ...