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April 19, 2024

United States
Election 2024: Donald Trump Declines to Fight Aid to Ukraine

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: Donald Trump has chosen to stand aside as the House of Representatives moves to vote on aid to Ukra…

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December 12, 2023

Vietnam
Xi Jinping and Joe Biden Compete to Win Over Vietnam, the Region’s Critical Partner

President Xi Jinping’s visit to Vietnam demonstrates China’s continued importance to the pivotal Southeast Asian nation.

Chinese and Vietnamese leaders stand on a yellow podium in suits.

April 10, 2014

China
Hunter Gross: Despite Cyber Espionage, U.S.-China Relations Are Business as Usual

Hunter Gross is an intern for Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Just as U.S. president Barack Obama and Chinese president Xi Jinping were set to meet in The Hague, documents leaked b…

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (L) shakes hands with Chinese Minister of Defense Chang Wanquan at the end of a joint news conference at the Chinese Defense Ministry headquarters in Beijing on April 8, 2014. (Alex Wong/Courtesy Reuters)

February 18, 2014

China
Hunter Gross: What Did China and Taiwan’s Historic Talks Accomplish?

Hunter Gross is an intern for Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. The four-day visit between Zhang Zhijun, director of China’s Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) and Wang Yu-chi, chairman of …

Wang Yu-chi (2nd L), Taiwan's mainland affairs chief, talks during a meeting with Head of the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office Zhang Zhijun (not pictured), in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, on February 11, 2014. (China Daily/Courtesy Reuters)

June 16, 2023

Myanmar
A Review of Tragic Nation Burma: Why and How Democracy Failed by Amitav Acharya

In Tragic Nation Burma: Why and How Democracy Failed, scholar Amitav Acharya examines Myanmar's failed democratic transition.

Myanmar's military leader stands in an open-top motorcade wearing traditional dress.

June 8, 2018

Asia
A Counterpoint: Why the Location of the Trump-Kim Summit Won't Determine the Outcome

By Hunter Marston Many analysts have noted the advantages Singapore provides as a setting for the upcoming summit between U.S. President Donald J. Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. As Jos…

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