East Asia
Think Again: The BRICS
Together, their GDP now nearly equals the United States. But are they really the future of the global economy?
BY ANTOINE VAN AGTMAEL | NOVEMBER 2012
These 7 Countries
The rise of China and India has long since become a cliche. In fact, neither country has done all that well since the crash of 2008 -- but these emerging powerhouses have cleaned up.
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | NOVEMBER 2012
In Defense of Le Corbusier
The architect would have influenced Chinese cities for the better -- if he'd had the chance.
NOVEMBER 2012
Game Change: China Edition
What if American political reporters covered the Chinese horse race?
BY ISAAC STONE FISH | OCTOBER 4, 2012
The Asian Cold War
China and Japan's island spat is much more than a battle over a bunch of uninhabited rocks. And it won't be ending anytime soon.
BY MICHAEL AUSLIN | OCTOBER 4, 2012
China's Afghan Moment
As the United States draws down in Afghanistan, China is finally moving in.
BY ANDREW SMALL | OCTOBER 3, 2012
Unsung Heroes
Some of the world's bravest dissidents are pursuing their fight against injustice with little attention from the outside world. But that doesn't mean they aren't worth knowing about. Here's a list of remarkable people who rarely make it into the headlines.
BY TOM MALINOWSKI | OCTOBER 3, 2012
Little Bo Peepshow
China's six biggest political sex scandals.
BY ISAAC STONE FISH | SEPTEMBER 28, 2012
Rock Fight
Japan could win a war for the Senkaku islands, but it wouldn't be easy. And certainly not without U.S. help.
BY JAMES HOLMES | SEPTEMBER 28, 2012
Bachelor Padding
How lonely single men created China's dangerous real estate bubble.
BY ROSEANN LAKE | SEPTEMBER 28, 2012
The Gangnam Phenom
A South Korean video is making waves on the Web. But the West is actually late to the party.
BY MARK JAMES RUSSELL | SEPTEMBER 27, 2012
The Calm Before the Storm
China's about to find out how hard it is to run an aircraft carrier.
BY ANDREW S. ERICKSON, GABRIEL B. COLLINS | SEPTEMBER 26, 2012
The Sino Stranglehold
How badly could the Chinese protests hurt Japan's economy?
BY JUNE TEUFEL DREYER | SEPTEMBER 21, 2012
China's Brainwashed Youth
The protests against Japan didn't get us our islands back, but they made one thing clear: The people are puppets of the Chinese Communist Party.
BY QI GE | SEPTEMBER 21, 2012
The Fifty-Megaton Elephant in the Room
Why aren't America and China talking about their nukes?
BY JEFFREY LEWIS | SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
Nobody Told Asia About The End of Men
Mara Hvistendahl takes on Hanna Rosin.
BY MARA HVISTENDAHL | SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
The Problem with Patriotism
The dispute over islands in the East China Sea is stirring up nationalist passions in the region. That doesn't bode well for the future of democracy.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
The Case for a Politically Correct Pentagon
Why we need to move from Air-Sea Battle to Air-Sea Operations.
BY MICHAEL O'HANLON | SEPTEMBER 18, 2012
The Dragon Roars
Anti-Japan demonstrations break out in Beijing as anger over a territorial dispute grows.
SEPTEMBER 18, 2012
Dangerous Waters
Why China's dispute with Japan is more dangerous than you think.
BY STEPHANIE KLEINE-AHLBRANDT | SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
Trouble in the South China Sea
With China and Japan at odds over disputed islands to the east, the potential for conflict in the south may seem muted for now. But not for long.
BY BONNIE GLASER | SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
Bucking the Odds in North Korea
Why Kim Jong Un might just dare to be different.
BY JAY ULFELDER | SEPTEMBER 5, 2012
The Strange Life of Reverend Sun Myung Moon
The bizarre tycoon and church leader never lived to see his dream of a reunited Korea.
BY ISAAC STONE FISH | SEPTEMBER 4, 2012
China's One Percent
Portraits of the lucky ones, living large in the People's Republic.
BY MATHIAS BRASCHLER, MONIKA FISCHER | AUGUST 31, 2012
The China Bubble
U.S. companies are banking their future success on tapping into the enormous Chinese market. They're in for a nasty surprise.
BY RICHARD D'AVENI | AUGUST 30, 2012
Everything You Think You Know About China Is Wrong
Are we obsessing about its rise when we should be worried about its fall?
BY MINXIN PEI | AUGUST 29, 2012
Powder Keg in the Pacific
China is rising -- fast and furious. So why can't the rest of Asia get its act together?
BY ROWAN CALLICK | AUGUST 22, 2012
Can Egypt's Islamist finance minister cut a deal with the IMF?
BY DAVID KENNER
3 questions Obama's new AfPak envoy must answer
BY GAYLE TZEMACH LEMMON
Odierno: Syrian rebels will prevail, but sequester makes U.S. intervention risky
BY KEVIN BARON
Time to bring the nukes back to South Korea
BY BENNETT RAMBERG
Meet Cody Wilson, the anarchist behind the world's first 3-D printed gun
BY ELIAS GROLL
Does this woman look like she'd be a good president of Bulgaria?
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING
U.N. investigator on Syria: Out over her skis yet again?
BY JOHN HUDSON
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