Asia-Pacific
Great-power competition, demographic strain, maritime flashpoints, and political change across Asia-Pacific.
12 Reports
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.