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The LDP Leadership Race: Six More Join, a Field of Nine

by Sheila A. Smith September 12, 2024

September has brought six more candidates to the race, creating the largest field of candidates in the party’s history. Read More

India
Colonized Countries Rarely Ask for Redress Over Past Wrongs—The Reasons Can Be Complex
Few former colonies officially press perpetrator states to redress past injustices, largely due to divergent narrative within victim states about how to view past colonial history.
Blog Post by Manjari Chatterjee Miller December 6, 2023 Asia Unbound
Technology and Innovation
U.S.-South Korea Policy Coordination on Advanced Technology
On November 1, 2023, the Council on Foreign Relations’ program on U.S.-Korea Policy held a virtual workshop on U.S.-South Korea policy coordination toward China on advanced technology.
Blog Post by Jennifer Ahn December 5, 2023 Asia Unbound
Myanmar
The Myanmar Military is Collapsing Amidst Civil War: How Should the United States and Other Countries Prepare?
Myanmar’s military is losing its grip on power—the United States and its partners should prepare for potential state collapse.
Blog Post by Joshua Kurlantzick December 4, 2023 Asia Unbound
  • India
    Renditions and Extrajudicial Assassinations Increasingly Becoming the Norm in International Relations
    Governments have increasingly employed extrajudicial assassinations to target dissidents.
    Blog Post by Joshua Kurlantzick December 4, 2023 Asia Unbound
  • Myanmar
    The Myanmar Army Could Actually Collapse—But Are the United States and Other Powers Ready for Such a Scenario?
    Myanmar's military has recently suffered a string of defeats—but the U.S. government seems unprepared to face the country's potential state collapse.
    Blog Post by Joshua Kurlantzick November 30, 2023 Asia Unbound
  • Indo-Pacific
    An Indo-Pacific Economic Framework—Minus Economics
    The Biden administration’s attempt to shore up influence in the Indo-Pacific rings hollow without a trade pillar to IPEF.
    Blog Post by Inu Manak and Manjari Chatterjee Miller November 30, 2023 Asia Unbound
  • Technology and Innovation
    Strengthening Strategic Technology Cooperation Between South Korea and the United States
    The third workshop for the project on Bolstering U.S.-South Korean Cooperation to Meet the China Challenge examined the opportunities and challenges ahead for the U.S.-South Korea technology partnership.
    Blog Post by Soyoung Kwon November 30, 2023 Asia Unbound
  • North Korea
    What Would a Second Trump Administration Mean for North Korea?
    If Donald Trump were to win the 2024 presidential election, he would face at least three new realities that would shape his policy toward the Korean Peninsula.
    Blog Post by Scott A. Snyder November 29, 2023 Asia Unbound
  • China
    Delay in China’s Annual Fall Party Plenum Meeting: A Sign of Deepening Institutional Erosion?
    Failure to designate a date for an important upcoming Chinese Communist Party event suggests China's reform-era political institutions and practices may be eroding yet further under Xi Jinping’s increasingly personalized rule.
    Blog Post by Carl Minzner November 27, 2023 Asia Unbound
  • India
    IMEC Needs a Robust Economic Framework and a Stable West Asia
    Delhi’s track record on economic corridors is mixed. IMEC might be different depending on political stability in the region.
    Blog Post by Manjari Chatterjee Miller and Clare Harris November 21, 2023 Asia Unbound