Asia-Pacific
Great-power competition, demographic strain, maritime flashpoints, and political change across Asia-Pacific.
12 Reports
Mississippi Is Richer Than Japan. Why Doesn't It Feel That Way?
America's poorest state out-earns Japan per capita, yet life there is harder. The gap is explained by the cost of living, community, and the safety net.
Why Australia Feels Broken: Healthcare, Housing and Education in Decline
How crumbling healthcare, unaffordable housing and a strained education system are eroding Australian confidence in the future, and what policymakers are doing about it.
China's National Unity Law: How Beijing Is Assimilating 135 Million People
China's new National Unity Law targets 135 million ethnic minorities through Mandarin-only schooling, settlement, and a vague legal mandate enforcing conformity.
Why Australia No Longer Works: Healthcare, Housing and the Broken Pipeline
Inside Australia's slow-burn crisis: collapsing hospital wait times, the world's least affordable housing, and a school system buckling under strain.
How China Decides Who's in Charge: Inside the CCP's Power Game
Inside the Chinese Communist Party's real hierarchy, hidden factions, purges, and offshore wealth networks that determine who actually rules China.
Japan's Demographic Collapse: Why It Needs Immigration but Refuses It
Japan needs millions more workers to survive, yet keeps foreign residents below 3%. Inside the homogeneity, history, and rigid economy behind the paralysis.
The New War Hawks: How Western Liberals Became the New Defense Spenders
Why Western liberals embraced rearmament while the right turned isolationist, and how a decade of global disorder reversed the old politics of defense.
Kim Ju-ae: The Teenage Heir Being Groomed to Rule North Korea
A young woman the world knows as Kim Ju-ae appears to be next in line for North Korea's throne. Here is what we know, and why it matters now.
Japan Is Rearming: Why Takaichi's Supermajority Could End Eighty Years of Pacifism
Sanae Takaichi won postwar Japan's largest parliamentary majority. Now she is moving to end an eighty-year pacifist streak. Here is why that matters.
China's Former Justice Minister Tang Yijun Jailed for Life: What His Fall Reveals
Tang Yijun rose to run China's legal system and fell to a life sentence for bribery. Inside the case, the theories, and Xi's widening purge.
The TikTok Deal Explained: Who Really Won, the U.S. or China?
Inside the TikTok deal between Washington and Beijing — the algorithm, the ownership, the investors, and why both sides are calling it a victory.
Can Taiwan Escape Hong Kong's Fate? Why the Two Stories Diverge
Hong Kong fell to Beijing with barely a fight. Taiwan has a military, a democracy, and an identity all its own. Here is why their fates may differ.