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As the White House’s tariffs on steel and aluminum have shown, a U.S. president has all the authority he or she needs to impose a carbon border tax.

The growing coronavirus outbreak is compounding the toll of the country's civil war and other humanitarian disasters.

Telecommunications companies and rights groups can accomplish more by working together to push back internet disruptions.

The U.S. government should start thinking now about how states might apply law tech to international law settings and should consider how foreign governments, especially China’s, might use it in ways tha...

In addition to potential benefits, Vietnam should also consider what it can lose.

Summer in the South China Sea—a hardened U.S. policy, extensive naval operations and a Twitter skirmish.

The pandemic has reduced the Asia-Pacific’s limited capacity to deal with security contingencies and has exacerbated great-power tensions.

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Last week, the intelligence community claimed that the Chinese government prefers Trump to Biden. What factors might Xi be considering?   

The two countries are reportedly concluding a new partnership agreement, but cooperation between Tehran and Beijing will face obstacles.