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Ideology Is Hijacking the Trump Administration’s Asia Strategy
BY ELINA NOOR, HUNTER MARSTON, AND FRANCISCO BENCOSME As U.S.-China rivalry takes on a hardening ideological dimension, a great deal of ink has been spilled about the competition for influence in...
Little Red Podcast - "Killing Me Softly: the Power Pandemic"
China’s Covid diplomacy dispatching facemasks and respirators overseas is being hailed as the ultimate soft power play. But is this really soft power? To answer this question, we’re...
A failure of execution
Despite lacking a coherent pandemic strategy, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is tightening his grip The Philippines ranks among the world’s most disaster-prone nations, all too often suffering...
Interests, Negotiations, and the US-Taliban Agreement
BY WILLIAM MALLEY On 1 March 1848, the British Foreign Secretary, Viscount Palmerston, gave a famous speech in the House of Commons in which he remarked that ‘Our interests are eternal and perpetual...
Stirring Hatreds Ahead of Myanmar Elections
BY HUNTER MARSTON Ethnic and religious nationalism has increasingly gripped Myanmar since intercommunal violence broke out between Burmese Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims in 2012. Viral...
A Chance for Peace or a Rush to the Exit?
On 5 October 1938, Winston Churchill rose in the House of Commons to speak about the Munich Agreement on the future of Czechoslovakia. He did not mince his words. Britain had suffered, as he put it...
Making the Most of US-ASEAN Ties, Even Without the Vegas Summit
BY CHARLES DUNST AND HUNTER MARSTON In an unfortunate turn of events linked to growing fears of a pandemic, the Trump administration has wisely decided to postpone a special summit with all 10...
Kashmir: A Grand Bargain
It has been well over six months since the government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided to revoke by presidential order Jammu and Kashmir’s (J&K) special autonomous status within...
Has the US Lost Myanmar to China?
BY HUNTER MARSTON Chinese leader Xi Jinping just wrapped up a two-day visit to Myanmar from January 17-18, the first trip by a Chinese head of state since Jiang Zemin traveled to Burma in 2001. Xi’s...
Review of "The Hidden History of Burma: Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century"
BY HUNTER MARSTON AND JOSHUA KURLANTZICK In the run-up to Myanmar’s elections next year, there is little positive news to report about a country that seemed like a democratic success story less than...
