The South China Sea will remain unpredictable in 2024. But momentum has shifted in favor of the Southeast Asian claimants.
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Asia, the world’s largest continent, is now center stage for the battle for the 21st century. It’s here where artificial intelligence matters just as much as artificial islands.
ByteDance will use TikTok to support the Chinese Communist Party — not just for its own survival, but also for the safety of its personnel.
Physical encounters between Philippine and Chinese ships in the South China Sea are increasing “at an alarming rate.”
Elon Musk is a rare pro-China voice on the right. The reason why is quite simple: his company, Tesla, is doing big business in China.
North Korea now regards South Korea as a hostile separate country. It also keeps lowering the threshold for nuclear weapons use.
Washington presents South Korea Pres. Yoon Suk Yeol as a pro-democracy ally. But, at home, concerns over Yoon’s illiberal tendencies grow.
The Chinese Communist Party is engaged in a campaign of forcible assimilation targeting Uyghur Muslims that many regard as genocidal.
The hurdles to the growth of Chinese power extend far beyond the economic sector. “The Chinese century” is not a foregone conclusion.
Prabowo Subianto may owe his election win to Joko Widodo, but he’ll come to power as Indonesia’s president with his own political agenda.
Pursuing a proactive but principled approach could successfully safeguard Vietnamese sovereignty while avoiding the scourge of war.