East Asia

China's strategic ambitions, Taiwan's precarity, the Korean peninsula and the Indo-Pacific contest between Washington and Beijing. Coverage focuses on the decisions being made here that will shape the international order for decades.

Japan Chose Its Lesson

Japan has scrapped its postwar ban on arms exports. Framed as a response to North Korean missiles and Chinese naval expansion, the decision is also a generational shift in Japanese strategic culture — from the pacifism written into the constitution to the realism written by events.

By Sunny Peter

/ 22 Apr 2026

When the Tyrant Has a Point

Kim Jong Un runs concentration camps and starves his people. He also looked at Iran’s ruins and drew the obvious conclusion: nuclear weapons are the only guarantee against American military action. The argument is made by a monster. That does not make it wrong.

By Sunny Peter

/ 31 Mar 2026

Semiconductor Chessboard: How the US-China AI Race is Redrawing Global Alliances and Diplomatic Strategy

The US-China rivalry has found its sharpest edge in semiconductors. Washington uses export controls to choke Chinese access to advanced chips. Beijing races to build domestic capacity. Every state in between is being forced to choose sides in a contest they did not start.

By Sunny Peter

/ 12 Nov 2025

Semiconductor Chessboard: How the US-China AI Race is Redrawing Global Alliances and Diplomatic Strategy

China's Massive Military Parade Unites Xi, Putin, and Kim Jong Un in Historic Display of Anti-Western Alliance

Xi Jinping flanked by Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un sent a message requiring no translation. Three authoritarian leaders, three nuclear states, one parade. The image is not merely symbolic — it reflects a convergence that Western strategic planning cannot afford to dismiss.

By Sunny Peter

/ 3 Sep 2025

China's Massive Military Parade Unites Xi, Putin, and Kim Jong Un in Historic Display of Anti-Western Alliance