Israel’s invitation to this year’s atomic bomb commemorations in Japan has sparked a controversy over double standards
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World cannot afford for Northeast Asia to be a nuclear powder keg
With the end of the Cold War and the start of sustained peace, stability and globalisation, Northeast Asia became one of the most prosperous places on earth. But today, its security situation is once again in a dangerous position.
Why the US’ ties with its Asian partners have their limits
Given their strategic importance to the US, India and Vietnam garnered some criticism from Washington for engaging with Putin amid efforts by the Biden administration to isolate him. The US embassy in Vietnam protested Putin’s visit to that country, asserting that “no country should give Putin a platform to promote his war of aggression and otherwise allow him to normalise his atrocities.”
Pacific nations urge Japan to clean up WWII shipwrecks
TOKYO -- Ten years ago, Paul Adams was scuba diving among World War II shipwrecks in a popular tourist spot in the Federated States of Micronesia when he found black, oily bubbles rising from the wrecks.
Korean tensions flare as Seoul, Pyongyang take opposing sides on Ukraine
SEOUL -- More than 70 years after the nominal end of the Korean War, North and South Korea find themselves at loggerheads 7,000 kilometers west of their heavily fortified border -- on opposing sides of the war in Ukraine.
Why To Lam's pragmatic authoritarianism will be good for Vietnam
Zachary Abuza is a professor of national security strategy at the U.S. National War College in Washington and the author of "Forging Peace in Southeast Asia: Insurgencies, Peace Processes and Reconciliation ." The views expressed here are his own and may not reflect those of the college or the U.S. government.
A New Candidate Must Now Defend Biden’s Legacy Abroad
As President Biden greeted the leaders of his 31 allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization a week ago, he described in vivid terms how he thought history would treat his first term in office.
Who were the Razakars and why are they central to Bangladesh protests?
They were a force of collaborators used by Pakistan to try to crush the movement for an independent Bangladesh. The recent protests show that their blood-stained legacy remains alive — 53 years after the freedom war.