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U.S. President Joe Biden, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi hold a Quad meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan, May 20, 2023.
U.S. President Joe Biden, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi hold a Quad meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan, May 20, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
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This Weekend’s Leaders Summit Brings Prospects for a More Sustainable and Useful Quad

by Manjari Chatterjee Miller September 20, 2024

At their upcoming summit in Delaware, the leaders of the four Quad countries have an opportunity to build on long-running efforts to transform the grouping into one that is more sustainable, practical, and welcomed in the Indo-Pacific. Read More

China
Prized Panda Diplomats Return to Beijing
The National Zoo’s giant pandas will return to China by mid-November.
Blog Post by Michelle Kurilla and Abigail McGowan October 27, 2023 Asia Unbound
China
Beijing's Message to the National Women's Congress: Gender Equality Is Out, Family and Childbirth Are In
Rhetoric used by Chinese Communist Party officials at this week's National Women's Congress may hint towards a return of traditional gender norms in China.
Blog Post by Carl Minzner October 26, 2023 Asia Unbound
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia Becomes a Hotbed For Extraterritorial Renditions and Assassinations
Prime Minister Trudeau’s accusation that the Indian government killed a Sikh leader in Canada highlights the growing prevalence of extraterritorial renditions in Southeast Asia.
Blog Post by Joshua Kurlantzick October 24, 2023 Asia Unbound
  • China
    Responding to China and Russia’s Influence on the Militarization of Global Politics
    Large democracies must combat Russia and China's support for the re-militarization of politics around the world.
    Blog Post by Joshua Kurlantzick October 20, 2023 Asia Unbound
  • China
    China’s Belt and Road Initiative Enters Its Second Decade: Which Leaders Went to Beijing to Celebrate with Xi Jinping?
    High-level attendance at this year’s Belt and Road forum is down, but BRI still has support in the Global South and will be used by Beijing to strengthen the Global South as a counterweight to the U.S.-led international order.
    Blog Post by David Sacks October 17, 2023 Asia Unbound
  • Japan
    Doden Aiko: Answering a Journalist’s Calling
    Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) Special Affairs Commentator Doden Aiko offers her insights from working as a correspondent and field reporter around the world.
    Blog Post by Sheila A. Smith October 16, 2023 Asia Unbound
  • Southeast Asia
    How Southeast Asian States Are Responding to the Growing Middle East Conflict
    Most Southeast Asian governments have issued muted statements regarding Israel's war with Hamas, except for Indonesia and Malaysia, the two largest Muslim-majority countries in the region.
    Blog Post by Joshua Kurlantzick October 9, 2023 Asia Unbound
  • Thailand
    Thailand’s Spiraling Gun Violence and the Need for Solutions
    Thailand is awash in guns due to lax legal enforcement, causing it to have one of the highest rates of gun violence in Southeast Asia.
    Blog Post by Joshua Kurlantzick October 9, 2023 Asia Unbound
  • India
    Modi’s Statement on the Israel Crisis Demonstrates a Transformed India-Israel Bilateral Relationship
    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement condemning Hamas and offering support for Israel amidst the recent crisis illustrates that ties between the two nations have changed dramatically in the last two decades.
    Blog Post by Manjari Chatterjee Miller October 9, 2023 Asia Unbound
  • Cambodia
    Hun Manet: Reformer Or Just Another Dictator?
    Some analysts have suggested new Prime Minister Hun Manet will be more reform-minded than his father, but this prediction is premature.
    Blog Post by Joshua Kurlantzick October 5, 2023 Asia Unbound