Commentary and Analysis

Public surveys about Taiwan's willingness to fight an invasion by China don't reveal as much as one might think.

Fifty years ago, US President Richard Nixon traveled to China and established the basis for a normalization of relations between the two powers. Are we due for another transformation?

"When you look at South Korea’s imports from Russia, roughly 60% of those imports are either crude petroleum or refined petroleum,” says Karl Friedhoff on CNBC.

In a shift from just a month ago, the Japanese public favors tough sanctions on Russia in concert with the US and Europe. 

“The most important lesson from the Ukraine crisis regarding Taiwan is not for Beijing or Taipei, but Washington,” writes Paul Heer in the National Interest.

Karl Friedhoff joins Sang Kim, Lee Sook-Jong, and the Diplomat's Shannon Tiezzi to discuss the issues driving the South Korean presidential election.

The South Korean public is split on a second THAAD battery, but the question wording left a lot to be desired.

While moderate Democrats are more supportive of funding the military, liberals are more willing to deploy troops to defend allies, 2021 Chicago Council Survey data show.

The building of an election fraud narrative in South Korea's presidential election is already underway.

To mitigate competition between China and members of the Quad, subnational diplomacy must take center stage, argues Matt Abbott in the Diplomat.