October 01, 2020

The Asia Inheritance: Trump and US Alliances

By Abraham M. Denmark and Shihoko Goto

U.S. alliances have been tested under the Trump administration – but have also proven more durable than many expected.

October 01, 2020

Masashi Murano on Japan’s Missile Defense Debate

By Catherine Putz

Why did Japan reverse course on the Aegis Ashore ballistic missile defense system?

September 01, 2020

Inter-Korea Relations: Things Fall Apart

By Christopher Green

The diplomacy of 2018 could have changed the political landscape of the Korean peninsula permanently. Two years later, does any of that progress remain?

September 01, 2020

Australia Steps Up in Defense of the Indo-Pacific Order

By Ashley Townshend and Brendan Thomas-Noone

The Strategic Update provides a blueprint for how Australia will navigate a “poorer, more dangerous and more disorderly” future in the Indo-Pacific.