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John F. Lehman. Photo: US Naval War College

China, Germany, Iran, Italy, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

John Lehman: China, Russia, Iran threaten ‘New Pearl Harbor’

by Doug Tsuruoka November 30, 2017February 18, 2020

The USS Arizona burns in Pearl Harbor. Photo: Public Domain

Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, World

The North Korea dilemma and the lesson of Pearl Harbor

by Stephen Bryen November 29, 2017

Killer robots threaten to launch a new generation arms race in Asia. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

AT Finance, China, India, Iran, Israel, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, World

Rise of the killer machines

by Alan Boyd November 24, 2017February 18, 2020

France's Charles De Gaulle carrier in the Indian Ocean. Photo: AFP/Anne-Christine Poujoulat

Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, France, India, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

France shows its hidden maritime muscles

by Bertil Lintner November 23, 2017February 18, 2020

An ocean view from Seychelles' Mahe Island on April 17, 2017. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Brocken Inaglory

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Japan, Middle East, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, South Korea, United Kingdom, World

China-India vie for a strategic slice of paradise

by Bertil Lintner November 23, 2017February 18, 2020

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, World

Assessing Trump’s Asia policy – with J. Stapleton Roy

by Doug Tsuruoka November 22, 2017February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Australia, China, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, United Kingdom, World

Australia strikes a delicate US-China balance

by Alan Boyd November 19, 2017February 18, 2020

Rohingya Muslims wait to cross the border to Bangladesh, in a temporary camp outside Maungdaw, northern Rakhine state, Myanmar November 12, 2017. Picture taken on November 12. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, European Union, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

Myanmar crisis: US and EU must deal with military

by Emanuele Scimia November 16, 2017November 16, 2017

South Korea's President Moon Jae-In. Photo: AFP / Jung Yeon-Je

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea

Beijing-Seoul reset doesn’t have to hurt US-South Korea ties

by Doug Tsuruoka November 15, 2017February 18, 2020

Myanmar border guard police force patrol near the Myanmar-Bangladeshi border outside Maungdaw, northern Rakhine state, Myanmar, November 12, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Wa Lone

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Myanmar, South Asia, World

The mendacity of military justice in Myanmar

by David Scott Mathieson November 14, 2017February 18, 2020

Sunni Muslims march during an anti-government rally in Islamabad on November 8, 2017. Photo: AFP / Farooq Naeem

Afghanistan, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Pakistan’s political and economic deterioration continues apace

by F.M. Shakil November 14, 2017February 18, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a summit in Sochi, Russia, in October 2017. Photo: Reuters / Maxim Shemetov

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Iraq, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

Russia’s ‘pivot to Asia’ hinges on the Korean Peninsula

by Daniel Hurst November 14, 2017February 18, 2020

Photo: Flickr Commons

Afghanistan, AT Finance, European Union, Pakistan, South Asia, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Never-ending war: Washington’s drug of choice

by Alfred McCoy November 13, 2017November 13, 2017

President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping shakes hands after making joint statements at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. Photo: Reuters/Damir Sagolj

AT Finance, China, European Union, France, Germany, India, Iran, Israel, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

For US and China, cooperation is best way forward

by Ken Moak November 13, 2017November 13, 2017

Elton John in 1972. Photo via Flickr

Beijing, China, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, World

Could Rocket Man Kim go a missile test too far?

by Doug Tsuruoka November 12, 2017February 18, 2020

The Arleigh Burke Class missile destroyer USS Stethem transits waters east of the Korean peninsula on March 22, 2017. Photo: US Navy Handout via Reuters/Kurtis Hatcher

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Iran, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Are US naval assertions in the South China Sea necessary?

by Mark J. Valencia November 11, 2017February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a state dinner at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 9, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Thomas Peter

AT Finance, Beijing, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Will the warmth of the Trump-Xi summit linger?

by George Koo November 10, 2017

Vietnam is seeking preferential US treatment under the Donald Trump administration to sustain a warming trend in relations consolidated under the previous Barack Obama government. Photo: Getty Images

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, India, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

US-Vietnam still in a tentative embrace

by David Hutt November 8, 2017February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump attends a state dinner hosted by South Korea's President Moon Jae-in in his honor at the Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, on November 7, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Jonathan Ernst

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, India, Iraq, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Will Trump take a stand on Southeast Asia?

by David Hutt November 8, 2017February 18, 2020

Philippine soldiers stand guard in front of a door spray painted with "I love ISIS" graffiti after government troops cleared the area from pro-Islamic State militant groups inside the war-torn Marawi city, southern Philippines October 19, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Romeo Ranoco

AT Finance, Indonesia, Iraq, Malaysia, Middle East, Philippines, South Asia, Syria

Islamic State lurks in Philippine shadows

by Bong S Sarmiento November 7, 2017February 18, 2020

A U.S. special forces soldier demonstrates how to detain a suspect during Flintlock 2014, a U.S.-led international training mission for African militaries, in Diffa, Niger, on March 4, 2014. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, China, Germany, Vietnam, World

Washington’s African pivot in the ‘war on terror’

by Andrew Brennan November 1, 2017November 1, 2017

Multiple bikes are crushed along a bike path in lower Manhattan in New York on October 31, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Brendan McDermid

Middle East, World

Uzbek immigrant to US at center of New York attack probe

by Dan Whitcomb November 1, 2017February 18, 2020

Graffiti is seen on the shutters of a closed shop as government troops continue their assault against Islamic State-backed insurgents from the Maute group in Marawi city, Philippines, on June 29, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Jorge Silva

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2017 terror attacks mapped

by Storymaps November 1, 2017February 18, 2020

What do Donald's Asia bankers think about his tax cuts? Photo: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

Trump must tread carefully with his Asian bankers

by William Pesek October 30, 2017February 18, 2020

Junior Home Minister, Kiren Rijiju. Photo: AFP / Prakash Singh

India, Pakistan, South Asia

Security panic after Indian minister lost unlocked phone

by Majid Hyderi October 17, 2017February 18, 2020

A file photo shows the Liaoning with vessels accompanying her in a drill. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Taiwan

Does China really pose a threat to Taiwan?

by Richard A. Bitzinger October 16, 2017October 16, 2017

Australian spy chief Nick Warner and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte pose for the cameras during an August 22 meeting in Manila. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Australia, China, European Union, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Australia-Philippines pack an antiterror punch

by Richard Javad Heydarian October 13, 2017February 18, 2020

Philippine soldiers from the Marines 1st Brigade patrol take up positions as troops continue clearing operations against the pro-Islamic State militant group in Marawi city, September 14, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Marconi Navales

AT Finance, Indonesia, Malaysia, Middle East, Pakistan, Philippines, South Asia, Syria

Islamic State’s backdoor to the Philippines

by Bong S Sarmiento October 10, 2017February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, World

North Korea crisis a chance for Asean to shine

by Richard Javad Heydarian October 6, 2017February 18, 2020

The United States' National Security Agency (NSA) headquarter in Fort Meade, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, DC. Photo: AFP / Paul J. Richards

Russian hackers stole US cyber secrets from NSA: reports

by Dustin Volz and Joseph Menn October 6, 2017February 18, 2020