Last month, Defense Secretary Gates and Secretary of State Clinton visited South Korea where they surveyed the demilitarized zone (DMZ) that separates North and South, announced the joint U.S.-South K
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All Roads Lead to Central Asia
Continuing instability in southern Kyrgyzstan has brought attention once again to Central Asia.
China's Currency Regime: The Perceivd Threat to the U.S. Economy
China’s current exchange rate regime is a hybrid of fixed and floating. It was a purely fixed regime from 1994 to 2005, when the yuan was pegged to the U.S.
Yes We Kan: Change Comes (Again) to Japan
New Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan is everything his four predecessors were not: a political outsider, a self-made man, and a straight talker.
Tiger in the Gulf
China’s economic relationship with the Persian Gulf goes back to the 8th century when maritime traders ferried goods between China and Baghdad, then the center of the Islamic Abbasid caliphate.
Whale Tales: Japan, Australia, and National Pride
Forget the pirates off the coast of Somalia. The real action on the high seas is in the Antarctic Ocean.
For Taiwan, Trade Agreement Is No Simple Question
The Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) is a vehicle for trade liberalization and economic normalization between mainland China and Taiwan.
A New Era in U.S.-Japanese Relations
Is the sun setting on America’s alliance with the Land of the Rising Sun?