This year marks the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Mongolia and Czechia. In celebration of the anniversary, in March Mongolian President Khurelsukh Ukhnaa paid a state visit to Czechia, where the two countries elevated their relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership level. The upgrade honors a decades-old historical bondsContinue Reading
In a recent guest essay for The New York Times, Ms. Yintai Lung, a writer and former minister of culture in Taiwan, suggested that recent events in Ukraine have caused many in Taiwan – especially the youth – to favor surrender over resistance in the event of a Chinese invasion.Continue Reading
Japan’s Defense Minister Nakatani Gen said last week that the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) scrambled its fighter aircraft 30 times in fiscal year 2024 in response to Chinese military drones approaching Japan. That marked the highest total recorded in a year since such air operations began in 1958. “InContinue Reading
In an unexpected re-alignment of political and economic forces, three men — a modern triumvirate of wealth and power — find themselves drawn into an increasingly complex relationship of competing and opposing forces, now at odds with the interests which originally brought them together. U.S. President Donald Trump, Chinese PresidentContinue Reading
On April 4, South Korea’s Constitutional Court officially dismissed Yoon Suk-yeol from the presidency. The ruling came down 111 days after the National Assembly passed its impeachment motion against Yoon. The past four months have been an agonizing vigil for the country’s fate and future. In the court’s previous presidentialContinue Reading
College graduation in China once meant a steady job and a path upward. Now, for many young people, it marks the beginning of a long wait. Official data revealed that the urban unemployment rate climbed to 5.4 percent in February, the highest in two years. For young people aged 16Continue Reading
China’s presence is being felt in the Arctic. Despite a retreat from the region in recent years, following political pushback and a series of abortive infrastructure and extractive projects, Beijing’s maritime activities – or perceived activities – in the region continue to stoke fears among Western Arctic governments and provideContinue Reading
Nearly four months after the National Assembly passed a bill calling for the impeachment of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol for his failed attempt to control the country through martial law, the Constitutional Court upheld Yoon’s impeachment unanimously on April 4. With the decision, Yoon has been removed from officeContinue Reading
Throughout the Joe Biden presidency, it became a common refrain amongst policy analysts that his administration’s approach to foreign policy could be characterized as “America First, with a smile.” It reflected what many saw as a “strange continuity” in substance, if not style, between the first Trump administration and theContinue Reading
The Trump-initiated U.S.-China trade war restarted on February 4, 2025, when China’s Ministry of Finance announced a 15 percent retaliatory tariff on certain types of coal and LNG and a 10 percent tariff on crude oil, agricultural machinery, large cars, and pickup trucks. This amounts to $20 billion, which isContinue Reading
