Commentary

In October, I visited Seoul with a delegation of Chicago Council Emerging Leaders on a Korea Foundation-funded trip led by Karl Friedhoff, the Council’s Korea specialist.

Rochelle Terman and Paul Poast join Deep Dish to debate the two competing options for prodemocracy movements - "America first" and "Spider-Man."

The US will be keeping a close eye on the outcome of Taiwan’s upcoming general election, but Americans don't accord the same importance to Taiwan as does the government.

Ankit Panda discusses North Korea's nuclear program.

We explore the tensions between two key US allies in Asia—Japan and South Korea—and what happened in 2019 that led the countries here.

Hong Kongers lose faith and trust in the police after a series of violent protests.

We need a different approach, one that is more realistic about the growing threat North Korea represents.

Julia Lovell, author of Maoism: A Global History, joins Deep Dish to discuss the legacy of the People’s Republic of China founder, Mao Zedong.

A recent survey among Hong Kong residents shows that they're dissatisfied with the actions of the police and support an independent investigation into the protest's origins and potential police abuse.

Vietnam is likely the Trump administration’s next trade target. But the calculus differs in key ways from China.