The Pacific is no longer an afterthought in global strategic competition. Stretching across a vast ocean, the region’s scattered island nations are navigating a digital transition that will shape ...
The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia policy. This ...
In an uncommonly frank moment in 2019, a Chinese diplomat declared that “we treat our friends with fine wine, but for our enemies we have shotguns.” While the more acerbic edges of what is now known ...