East Asia

  • Dec 20, 2016
  • 7 min read

Japan and Russia set on hard task of normalising ties

Moscow and Tokyo agree to cooperate while disagreeing on who owns disputed islands

Russia
  • Dec 13, 2016
  • 2 min read

Seoul crisis hinders East Asian regional cooperation

China, Japan and South Korea have cancelled a summit scheduled for later this month

East Asia
  • Nov 23, 2016
  • 2 min read

Japan-South Korea defence ties more urgent, no easier

Japan and South Korea today signed their first military cooperation agreement

Japan
  • Nov 14, 2016
  • 6 min read

Beijing prepares to seize gains from Trump win

Donald Trump's election as US president promises major changes in US-China relations

China
  • Nov 9, 2016
  • 2 min read

Trump victory brings China more risks than benefits

The election yesterday of Donald Trump as the next US president is a double-edged sword for Beijing

China
  • Nov 9, 2016
  • 2 min read

Trump victory threatens East Asian economies

Donald Trump's election as US president raises the spectre of economic protectionism in Tokyo and Seoul

East Asia
  • Nov 8, 2016
  • 7 min read

Populism spells danger in South Korean foreign policy

Rising social discontent lays fertile ground for purveyors of radical change

South Korea
  • Nov 4, 2016
  • 2 min read

China's new rocket boosts chance of space cooperation

China has launched the first of a new generation of space rockets that are equal to those of the United States

China