In its centennial anniversary issue released today, @ForeignAffairs has a special review section, "Books for the Century." My book, Water: Asia's New Battleground, has been named as one of the six essential Asia-Pacific books published over the century.

America's "return to testing could be expensive and complex. Experience in physical testing has been lost because modern nuclear testing relies primarily on computer modeling and 'subcritical' tests, which are halted before triggering physical explosions."

Leverage is the basic currency of international negotiations. Having something to bargain with is essential, which is why even small states strive to build tangible leverage. Trump’s 50% tariffs on India are meant not merely to tilt negotiations in America’s favor but to bully

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Trump has been using trade negotiations to extract geopolitical concessions from other states. But to secure a trade-war truce with China, he has had to make a major concession of his own — suspending an expanded blacklist of Chinese firms barred from accessing advanced U.S.

Trump and Xi agreed to extend the trade-war truce by one year, but their meeting did little to ease the underlying tensions roiling U.S.-China relations. Still, Trump moved to immediately cut tariffs on most Chinese goods to 45%—below the 50% rates he imposed on India and Brazil.

Russia tested not a nuclear weapon but what it says are two nuclear-powered and nuclear-capable delivery vehicles, the latest being the underwater Poseidon drone. Nor has China, despite its unprecedented nuclear-weapons buildup, tested a nuclear weapon since 1996. Yet Trump says

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Trump’s record in office makes one thing clear: he respects strength and assertiveness but preys on weakness. His reference to a “G2” meeting with Xi only reinforces that pattern, as does his habit of extracting — or demanding — major concessions from countries led by weak-kneed,

Musk’s Grokipedia encyclopedia is now online, directly challenging Wikipedia — which he derisively calls “Wokepedia.” The key distinction is that Grokipedia is an AI-driven platform powered by Grok, whereas Wikipedia entries and edits are produced by humans, most of whom conceal

Trump, meeting Xi, sought a trade-war truce with China. Yet Trump is playing hardball with a key strategic partner like India. His blow-hot-blow-cold China approach and economic squeeze on India illustrate his unpredictable foreign policy driven by short-term commercial gains and

Since last year's regime change in Dhaka, Bangladesh and Pakistan have quietly stepped up defense and intelligence cooperation — a trend with significant implications for India. Reports of an ISI–DGFI Joint Intelligence Mechanism, including an ISI cell operating in Dhaka, point

Indian and Chinese military commanders have periodically met for talks since May 2020, when India discovered Chinese encroachments on key Ladakh borderlands. Yet some of the most critical flashpoints remain unresolved. About 50,000 to 60,000 troops are still deployed on each

A day before his meeting with Xi, Trump declared, “The relationship with China is very good.” While trade talks with a deferential India have dragged on for months, U.S. officials have already hammered out a trade framework accord with a bold China that Trump and Xi could unveil.

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In a significant shift in regional geopolitics, Bangladesh under Muhammad Yunus is cultivating a cozy relationship with Pakistan — the very country from which it seceded in 1971 after a bloody war of liberation. Yunus, presiding over a state-backed Islamist resurgence, has now

No briefing. No evidence. No names. Just people blown up in the Caribbean and called “drug dealers.” That’s not law enforcement. That’s extrajudicial killing. The Constitution says only Congress can declare war. Until then, these strikes are as wrong as what China or Iran does.

History makes clear that one-man rule breeds paranoia. Xi, by now, may well have lost the ability to tell allies from foes. His refusal to designate a successor reflects his insecurity — and his fear that naming an heir could invite his own downfall.

Japan’s PM is the latest to nominate Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize. Trump didn't seem too upset that the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize went instead to a Venezuelan opposition leader, since it effectively endorsed his own plan to force regime change in Caracas.

India is moving to normalize ties with Beijing largely on China’s terms, effectively dropping its demand for a return to the pre-2020 territorial status quo in eastern Ladakh. With its heavy militarization of the Himalayan frontier, China is imposing asymmetrical costs on India.

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