East Asia

International Diplomacy
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Could the U.S. Play Offense in China's Back Yard?
Derek Grossman @DerekJGrossman
Jan 13, 2022
Foreign Policy
Relations with Cambodia and Laos have fallen victim to the U.S. administration's foreign policy priority of shared values over shared interests. This approach has failed to make headway in Cambodia and Laos, isolates the United States in a region where few countries are true democracies, and unnecessarily cedes ground to Beijing.
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Security Cooperation
commentary
Taiwan and Six Potential New Year's Resolutions for the U.S.-Japanese Alliance
Jeffrey W. Hornung
Jan 5, 2022
War on the Rocks
How might the United States and Japan prepare for possible conflict with China over Taiwan, and ensure forces are postured to operate together? The alliance could benefit from greater clarity, and practical conversations could make a better and stronger alliance in the new year.
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Democracy
commentary
South Korea's Presidential Election: Beyond Mudslinging, What Gives?
Soo Kim @mllesookim
Jan 3, 2022
Nikkei Asia
The 2022 South Korean presidential campaign has focused largely on personal attacks and allegations of corruption with little attention being paid to pressing issues facing the nation. The absence of meaningful policy debate and clarity on policy deliverables will continue to leave the South Korean electorate largely uninformed about what may be the most important decision they will make in 2022.
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Taiwan
commentary
Taiwan Would Be Better Off Alone
Derek Grossman @DerekJGrossman
Dec 23, 2021
Nikkei Asia
Relinquishing diplomatic partners could free Taiwan from an unwinnable competition with China and refocus attention on what really matters: reducing China's coercive power by strengthening relationships with powers that can truly help.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
blog
The Most Popular RAND Research of 2021
Dec 22, 2021
As another extraordinary year draws to a close, we continue to believe that objective, nonpartisan research and analysis has a key role to play in navigating what continues to be a difficult time. Here are the 10 research projects that resonated most with rand.org readers in 2021.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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RAND Commentary Highlights of 2021
Dec 21, 2021
Vaccine rollouts, an attack on the U.S. Capitol, massive ransomware attacks, the withdrawal from Afghanistan, record numbers of job openings and people quitting, and more. RAND researchers weighed in on all these topics and more.
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International Diplomacy
commentary
Biden's Southeast Asia Policy Still Has Much to Prove
Derek Grossman @DerekJGrossman
Dec 17, 2021
Foreign Policy
As the Biden administration's first year comes to a close, how is the United States faring in Southeast Asia? Washington got a lot right, but it could do better to optimize competition against China and work on a more sensitive understanding of the delicate and at times precarious position Southeast Asian states are in.
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North Korea
commentary
North Korea's Nuclear Arsenal and Prospects for Regional Peace
Soo Kim @mllesookim
Dec 16, 2021
Prospects and Perspectives
Nuclear talks between the United States and North Korea have hovered at a standstill since 2019. With the door to diplomacy seemingly closed and North Korea marching forward on weapons development and making threatening statements, what are the prospects for Pyongyang's denuclearization and peace on the Korean Peninsula?
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Security Cooperation
blog
Russia and Ukraine, Climate Migration, Democracy in Asia: RAND Weekly Recap
Dec 10, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on Russia and Ukraine, planning for climate migration, the state of democracy in Asia, and more.
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Taiwan
commentary
Preventing China from Taking Taiwan
David Ochmanek, Michael O'Hanlon
Dec 9, 2021
The Hill
The single most challenging high-end threat to a key American national security interest today is probably a Chinese invasion attempt against Taiwan. The United States could try to make that scenario unthinkable for Beijing by ensuring that China cannot dominate the western Pacific region.
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International Diplomacy
commentary
Avoiding a New Surge of Regime Change
Michael J. Mazarr @MMazarr
Dec 8, 2021
Modern War Institute at West Point
As competition with China in the developing world heats up, the United States need not repeat the sad legacy of the Cold War with a surge of new efforts at covert regime change and harassment. Instead, America could maximize the systemic advantages it has long enjoyed, meet reformist leaders and movements in the developing world on their own terms, and trust the long-term appeal of American norms and values.
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Taiwan
commentary
The Counterintuitive Sensibility of Taiwan's New Defense Strategy
Raymond Kuo @Kuorum1
Dec 6, 2021
War on the Rocks
As the United States prepares to deter China from attacking Taiwan and defend it from an attack, are the Taiwanese themselves doing everything they can to defend their territory?
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Racial Discrimination
blog
Addressing Anti-Asian Racism, Stabilizing U.S. Rivalries, the Debt-Ceiling Fight: RAND Weekly Recap
Dec 3, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on countering anti-Asian racism, the instability of U.S. rivalries with Russia and China, the rise in extremist online activity, and more.
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Joint Operations
commentary
Preserving the ROK-U.S. Alliance by Sustaining Military Exercises
Bruce W. Bennett @bwbennett
Nov 30, 2021
Korea on Point
The Republic of Korea (ROK)/U.S. military forces based in the ROK are in a constant state of training, which is required to maintain military effectiveness. North Korea seeks to stop this ROK/U.S. military training, but taking the North Korean complaints seriously could be a mistake.
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International Diplomacy
blog
U.S. 'Entanglement,' Global Health Cooperation, Community Stress: RAND Weekly Recap
Nov 26, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on competing claims about U.S. partnerships and allies, responding to Russia's tactics in Ukraine, helping communities recover from stress, and more.
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Global Health
commentary
Global Health Data Sharing: The Case of China and the Two Coronavirus Pandemics
Jennifer Bouey @BoueyHuang
Nov 22, 2021
The RAND Blog
Tensions over the coronavirus seem to be prompting China to isolate itself in terms of data sharing. But the first coronavirus pandemic in 2003 actually helped open China to health collaborations with other countries. World leaders may be doing their citizens a disservice when they allow toxic geopolitics to undercut trust and international collaborations that took decades to build.
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East Asia

Could the U.S. Play Offense in China's Back Yard?

Taiwan and Six Potential New Year's Resolutions for the U.S.-Japanese Alliance

South Korea's Presidential Election: Beyond Mudslinging, What Gives?

Taiwan Would Be Better Off Alone

The Most Popular RAND Research of 2021

RAND Commentary Highlights of 2021

Biden's Southeast Asia Policy Still Has Much to Prove

North Korea's Nuclear Arsenal and Prospects for Regional Peace

Russia and Ukraine, Climate Migration, Democracy in Asia: RAND Weekly Recap

Preventing China from Taking Taiwan

Avoiding a New Surge of Regime Change

The Counterintuitive Sensibility of Taiwan's New Defense Strategy

Addressing Anti-Asian Racism, Stabilizing U.S. Rivalries, the Debt-Ceiling Fight: RAND Weekly Recap

Preserving the ROK-U.S. Alliance by Sustaining Military Exercises

U.S. 'Entanglement,' Global Health Cooperation, Community Stress: RAND Weekly Recap

Global Health Data Sharing: The Case of China and the Two Coronavirus Pandemics

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