The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia policy. This conversation with Dr. Yan Chang Bennett – professorial lecturer at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University and author of “American PolicyContinue Reading
“This is our problem now, not China’s,” an Indonesian interlocutor noted amid a lengthy delay late last year on board Southeast Asia’s first high-speed railway linking the Indonesian cities of Jakarta and Bandung, which was built by China and began operation in late 2023. The comment highlights the complexities ofContinue Reading
On February 27, authorities in Thailand forcibly returned 40 Uyghurs to China. The United States didn’t want to see them sent back. Congressional offices had issued statements of concern in the weeks leading up to the deportation. Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested in his January confirmation hearing that aContinue Reading
On February 28, just over three years after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Washington to negotiate and sign a mineral deal with the U.S. government. He hoped the pact would exchange Ukrainian resources for U.S. security guarantees, an essential step toward a long-lasting ceasefireContinue Reading
It’s difficult to exaggerate just how much global politics have changed in the past few weeks. NATO is on its last breath. The U.S.-guarded international order is a mild bout of flu away from expiring. Europeans feel that U.S. President Donald Trump has just signed away Eastern Europe to theContinue Reading
