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Through an ASEAN grouping, Tokyo means to reassert itself.

Mutual economic and energy interests have led Japan and Russia to put aside a long-standing dispute.

Popular nationalism has emerged as a response to two decades of socioeconomic malaise and a shifting international environment.…

Most interesting is the suggestion that united Korea would benefit from the North's nuclear weapons.

China needs a buffer zone it can control in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula, but it…

An attempt to mitigate fishing disputes in the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands finds Taiwan trying to define its national identity.…

Drones enable China to monitor disputed waters in the South and East China seas.

Pyongyang has mastered the art of appearing unhinged in order to manipulate other powers.