US Ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel: A Strange Choice for an Important Role
Originally published in The Epoch Times. It’s official. Rahm Emanuel, former mayor of Chicago who also served as an adviser to President...
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The Yasukuni Visits – A Marine’s Reaction
Originally posted in AND Magazine. On December 7th, nearly 100 Japanese Diet Members visited Yasukuni Shrine in downtown Tokyo. This...
Americans back total boycott of Beijing Olympics under certain conditions
This week, the White House announced that it would not send President Biden nor any U.S. government official to the...
Grant Newsham on the relations between Japan and South Korea and strategic challenges for East Asia
Center Senior Fellow Grant Newsham joined the Audacious Aotearoa podcast to discuss the current state of relations between Japan and...
The Biden-Xi Summit: A waste of time? Not if you look closely.
On November 15, 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese Communist Party Chairman Xi Jinping met via video conference. In...
Biden lobbies against human rights measure for Uyghurs in favor of climate deal
As Vladimir Putin mobilizes forces on the Ukraine border and Chinese submarines patrol the Taiwan Strait, President Joe Biden’s State...
Sen. Scott requests meeting with Adam Silver on NBA’s ‘unsettling’ China issues
Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., requested to meet with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver in a letter on Monday to talk about a litany of...
Defending Taiwan: Think globally and ‘look up’
US Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin said the other day that Chinese air force movements towards Taiwan look like a...
China’s long-term plan to grind down US presence in Asia: The Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands protestors set fire to government buildings and businesses in Chinatown on Friday to show their anger at the...
Could China’s massive public debt torpedo the global economy?
China might be the creditor to the world, but it is also riddled with debt. Between public and corporate debt, China is one...
Experts say China’s stance in Indo-Pacific added realism to 5-nation naval drill
Center Senior Fellow Grant Newsham was quoted extensively in this piece by VOA News TAIPEI, TAIWAN — Naval forces from the...
Women’s Tennis suspends events in China following allegation against government official
The Women’s Tennis Association said Wednesday that it would halt all of its tournaments in China because it isn’t satisfied...
Stephen Bryen surveys the threat from China
This is a wide-ranging discussion with Dr. Stephen Bryen, former Pentagon Undersecretary for Security and Technology during Reagan Era, internationally renowned...
Beijing’s latest Taiwan incursion includes aerial refueling aircraft
An oil tanker aircraft joined mainland China's air patrol near Taiwan for the first time on Sunday, according to the island's defence...
US misses golden opportunity in the Solomon Islands
Anti-government demonstrators in Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands, last week demanded the prime minister step down, citing his...