Amid a new round of India-China border talks, regional specialists Sumit Ganguly and Minxin Pei discuss relations between these rising powers and how they affect U.S. interests in Asia.
CFR's Scott Snyder says the visit to Pyongyang by former U.S. President Bill Clinton provided a rare opportunity to gauge North Korea's views as nuclear talks remain stalled.
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Murrow Fellow Elizabeth Rubin Offers Window into the Afghan Elections, in the NYT Magazine
The NYT Calls Takeyh's New Book on Iran "Superb... A Consistently Insightful Study"
Russia Expert Sestanovich on "What Biden Should Have Said," in the Washington Post
Richard Haass on "Morning Joe:" Bill Clinton's Trip, U.S. Policy toward North Korea
Council Special Report Examines Potential Sucession Scenarios in North Korea
Southeast Asia (8/6): Joshua Kurlantzick reviews two recent works on Cambodia, in the London Review of Books.
International Law (8/6): Jerome Cohen and Jeremy Daum comment on China's efforts to reform its “state secrets” laws, in the South China Morning Post.
North Korea (8/4): Scott Snyder says, “Bill Clinton's visit might turn out to be the equivalent of hitting the 'reset' button in U.S. relations with North Korea,” in GlobalSecurity.org.
Russia (8/3): James Goldgeier questions whether Cold War mentalities on the part of Russia and the U.S. still need to be overcome twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, in Policy Review.
Afghanistan (8/3): Max Boot discusses detention policy in Afghanistan, in The Weekly Standard.
Israel (8/1): Elliott Abrams comments, “The [Obama] administration views the Israeli-Palestinian issue as the root of all problems, while Israel is focused on Iran's nuclear threat,” in the Wall Street Journal.
Taiwan (7/28): Jerome Cohen and Yu-Jie Chen argue that leading Taiwan's KMT party is an opportunity for President Ma Ying-jeou, in the Wall Street Journal Asia.
Economics (7/28): Amity Shlaes discusses the Federal Reserve “monarchy,” on Bloomberg.com.
Afghanistan (7/26): Daniel Markey argues, “U.S. policies in Afghanistan will be determined by trends on the ground,” more than by any grand strategy, in The Des Moines Register.
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