Why the U.S. Should Give Pyongyang Breathing Space
Weeks of bellicose rhetoric from North Korea has given the impression that Pyongyang is seeking military confrontation with Seoul and Washington. Today’s announcement that Pyongyang intends to restart...
View ArticleKerry in Asia: Fleshing Out the Rebalance
Newly-minted Secretary of State John Kerry is in Asia this week amidst a rising sense of crisis prompted by weeks of bellicose rhetoric and increasingly dangerous threats by regional bad boy North Korea.
View ArticleTaking China Seriously: Replacing the Pivot With a Policy That Works
(Courtesy Canberra Times, September 4, 2013)The Asia Program and the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States invite you to the inaugural lecture in a new series examining the responses of...
View ArticleMedia Briefing: PM Sharif Visits Washington
After completing the first transition from one democratically elected government to another in Pakistan’s history, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will travel to Washington on October 23 to meet with...
View ArticleTaiwan: Small but Hardly Insignificant
President Obama didn’t visit Taiwan on his recent swing through East Asia, and commentary on his trip has almost completely ignored the island 100 miles off China’s coast. Yet visitors find it...
View ArticlePress Pause and Rewind
The cold hand of dashed hopes and a mutual sense of betrayal have cast a pall over relations between India and the United States. It’s not just the bitter aftertaste of the Devyani Khobragade affair,...
View ArticleAssessing Threats Facing the U.S.-Korea Alliance
The dynamism of Asian markets, China’s rise, and Japan’s quest to become a normal state, play key roles in determining the future of the US-ROK alliance. At the same time, U.S. perception of China’s...
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Pakistan's Interminable Energy Crisis: Is There Any Way Out?
Photo: Asianet-Pakistan/ShutterstockPakistan is plagued by a deep energy crisis—one with troubling consequences for its fragile economy and volatile security situation. Islamabad, in fact, has...
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