Great relationships evolve. Asymmetry gives way to estrangement. Estrangement gives way to engagement. If sustained, engagement ripens into maturity. The United States and India are now at that ...
The war’s effects are most immediate and profound, of course, across the region in which it’s being fought ...
The shifting balance of power in the region, marked by unprecedented military exchanges and the erosion of established red lines, has left no room for ...
It is possible—though far from certain—that the coming Trump presidency will herald a broad retreat from most of America’s overseas military commitments and actions. In the past, Trump has expressed ...
The following op-ed was written by Rishi Gupta, Assistant Director of Asia Society Policy Institute New Delhi, and published by Channel News Asia on December 1, 2025. There is a certain irony in ...
The study of great powers and great power rivalry has recently gained increased prominence particularly because the world today seems to be moving away from being dominated by a single power or ...
Much of today’s debate about US–China rivalry assumes that Washington and Beijing are on a collision course. Commentators warn of a looming ‘Thucydides Trap’, where a rising power challenges an ...
Foreign policy experts prefer continuity to change, stability to volatility, the familiar to the unknown. International relations scholarship reinforces this preference by clinging to established ...
Not too long ago in the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte formed the “Uniteam,” a dramatic joinder of the nation’s political dynasties that led both to victory, with Marcos as ...
Japan is undergoing its most dramatic defense transformation since the end of World War II. After decades of constitutional pacifism, Tokyo is expanding missile capabilities, investing heavily in ...