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File photo: Supporters shower Hafiz Saeed with flower petals as he walks to court in Lahore, Pakistan, in November 2017. The court released him from house arrest. Mohsin Raza/Reuters

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Pakistan, Terrorism, and Meeting Trump

by Alyssa Ayres July 18, 2019

Yesterday news broke that Pakistani police had arrested Hafiz Saeed, founder of the UN- and U.S.-designated terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). The United States government holds this terrorist group responsible for the November 2008 Mumbai, India terrorist attacks. Read More

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More Prominence for India and the Indo-Pacific in the U.S. National Security Strategy

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Donald Trump’s Asia Adventure: Show Me the Love

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Populism in the West Gets the Attention, but Asia’s Rising Populism Could be as Dangerous to Democracy

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Japan

Episode 8: The Character of Japanese Nationalism

Professor Thomas Berger examines the causes and constituencies of Japan’s contrasting nationalisms and how they interact with the national identities of Japan’s neighbors.

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South Korea

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China

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Cambodia

Cambodia’s Crackdown and U.S. Policy

Blog Post by Joshua Kurlantzick December 1, 2017 Asia Unbound

July 8, 2019

China

The Chinese Obstacle to a Nuclear Deal With North Korea

If North Korean nuclear proliferation was intended by China to reduce the U.S. presence in the Pacific, that strategy has backfired.

by Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound July 8, 2019

July 3, 2019

North Korea

No Time to Abandon Denuclearization

The United States should maintain a resolute policy aimed at denuclearizing North Korea.

by Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound July 3, 2019

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Japan

Seoul and Tokyo: No Longer on the Same Side

While many focus on the drama of President Donald J. Trump’s meeting with North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un, a far more worrisome transformation in Northeast Asian geopolitics is underway. Washington’s two allies are in a downward spiral. Japan’s announcement this morning of export restrictions toward South Korea’s tech industry is only the latest blow in the two countries’ economic relationship over the past year.

by Sheila A. Smith July 1, 2019