A New Direction for South Korea Mia Trana Jun 10, 2017 In April, South Korea’s former President Park Geun-Hye was impeached and charged with bribery, coercion, abuse of…
Commitment Issues: Trump’s New Asian Foreign Policy Esli Chan Jun 5, 2017 Then president-elect Donald Trump’s personal phone call with Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-Wen was one of the…
An ‘Interpretation Mechanism’: What Does it Reflect in Regards to the… Etienne Lee May 27, 2017 Rao Geping, a renowned scholar from Peking University and a prominent member of the Basic Law Committee, has…
Asia-Pacific International Security Esli Chan May 10, 2017 In recent years, security concerns in the Asia-Pacific region have risen to the forefront of national headlines.…
THAAD: A Tale of Four Countries Shirley Wang Apr 6, 2017 Amidst western cacophony surrounding the rise of a new radical right in European elections, a new U.S. travel ban,…
China and Saudi Arabia’s $65 Billion Deal: Economic and Geopolitical Impacts Corrina Vali Mar 28, 2017 Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud flew to Beijing last Thursday, March 16th, to deepen economic…
With Friends Like These: North Korea’s Nuclear Test and China’s… Suzanne Holcomb Mar 19, 2017 China and North Korea are two states bound by geography and politics. Since the division of South and North Korea…
A Democratic Deficit: Hong Kong’s Resurfacing Umbrella Movement Esli Chan Mar 16, 2017 Hong Kong’s highly anticipated election on March 26 arises from a prolonged, uneasy discourse on the legitimacy and…
Counting on China: The World Faces North Korea’s Renewed Instability Gracie Webb Feb 27, 2017 North Korea tends to cycle in and out of the news, making headlines with a missile test or absurd proclamation…
For Whom the Bell Tolls- the TPP and Donald Trump Suzanne Holcomb Feb 15, 2017 Donald Trump may be a man of many words, or “the best words”, but when it comes to the Trans Pacific Partnership…