The Risks of Washington’s Favorite Counterterrorism Tool Often Outweigh the Rewards
The United States’ use of airstrikes carried out by drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles, to kill suspected terrorists abroad began during the George W. Bush administration but picked up spee... Read more
A Hong Kong park that traditionally hosts huge vigils on the anniversary of China’s deadly Tiananmen Square crackdown lay empty for the first time late Friday as police blocked access,... Read more
US Shifting Its Tibet Stance. When Will India End Its Silence?
The Dalai Lama’s succession may be stirring the pot of Buddhism at the global geopolitical table. China’s sensitivity to Tibetan issues has long been viewed by some nations as having a high... Read more
China Says Military Flight off Malaysia Was ‘Routine Training’
China said Wednesday a flight by 16 military aircraft over hotly contested waters off Malaysia was routine training, after the Southeast Asian nation accused Beijing of breaching its soverei... Read more
This month, U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. signed a document that could help form the foundation of success in future warfare. He approved the Air Force’s first-ever... Read more
Israel Says It Fought World’s First “Artificial Intelligence War” Against Hamas
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have claimed the world’s first use of artificial intelligence (AI) and supercomputing in a war that ensued with Hamas earlier this month. During its operation... Read more
We Know China’s Worst Nightmare: Arm Taiwan With Nuclear Weapons
Here’s What You Need to Remember: It would have been one of the greatest crises of postwar Asia: the revelation of a Taiwanese atomic bomb. For Taiwan, the bomb would have evened the odds ag... Read more
Has China’s Propaganda Machinery taken Over Global edia?
When one compares the media coverage given to human rights violations in Gaza, Balochistan, Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, Myanmar and the other partly imagined and partly real issues of intoler... Read more
Quad’s China Strategy
There have been debates on whether India should discard its hallowed ‘non-alignment’ in an emerging world order which China seeks to dominate. While there is merit in abiding by the ideals o... Read more
Analysis: China Loses Europe As Xi’s Hard-Line Diplomacy Backfires
Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff writer and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief. He is the 2014 recipie... Read more









