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Helping you better understand the national security and domestic policy choices facing Asia nations.
We focus on geopolitical realities and domestic constraints — not personalities and empty rhetoric.
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Need To Know: June 3
The news shaping policy.
Has China Driven India To America Alliance?
India’s Small Business Catastrophe
Need To Know: May 31
Special Edition
China’s lashing out at the world.
Does the show of strength mask weakness?
Curious Case of South Korea: Part 4
If China is the new global villain, South Korea needs the United States.
Many South Koreans don’t agree.
Need To Know: May 27
The news shaping policy.
1) HK Police Preempt Protests
2) HK Lawyers: China Can’t Impose Controversial Law
3) Most Americans Would Pay More To Not Buy Chinese
Need To Know: May 24
Special Edition
With National Security Law, Beijing Smashes Hong Kong With Hammer
Curious Case of South Korea: Part 3
China wants its empire back. Does South Korea want to be its vassal? Or worse?
Need To Know: May 20
The news shaping policy.
Has Trump Killed Huawei?
China Retaliates Against Australia
India and China Border Clashes
Need To Know: May 17
The news shaping policy.
India’s Covid-19 Stimulus
Trump Stops Pension’s Chinese Investment
Laos: Battery Of Southeast Asia Low On Juice
Curious Case of South Korea: Part 2
South Korea and North Korea.
You only make peace with your enemies. But you must have an enemy you can make peace with.
Need To Know: May 13
The news shaping policy
India’s Shocking Economic Crash
Feeling Heat On Covid, China Snaps
Need To Know: May 10
The news shaping policy.
How China Undermines Democracy
Australia’s Weekly Shutdown Cost
Cambodia Uses Covid To Crackdown
Curious Case of South Korea: Part 1
The Past: How South Korea’s limitless future may be bound by it’s past
Need To Know: May 6
Special Edition
When Rhetoric Matters: America’s Tough Talk on China and Covid-19
Need To Know: May 3
The news shaping policy.
Turkey’s Looming Economic Crisis
Did EU Change China Report?
Kim Reappears
Need To Know: April 29
The news shaping policy.
Japan’s “Game Changing” Missile
China’s Surging Russian Oil Buys
China’s Cybersecurity Law Targets Foreign Firms
Need To Know: April 26
The news shaping policy.
Kim Watch
China Exodus Begins?
Hong Kong Bookstore Closed By China Reopens In Taiwan
Wrong Kong Part 6
Public health care is one of the few good things Hong Kongers get from their government. But it’s crumbling
Need to Know: April 22
The news shaping policy.
What Beijing’s Aggressive Tactics Mean In Hong Kong
Missouri Sues China
Kim Jong’s Health and America’s “Brain Dead” Media