East Asia Forum

ISSN 2330-717X

Biden’s North Korea Challenge – Analysis

By Naoko Aoki* US President Donald Trump chose an unconventional style of diplomacy with North Korea that was characterised by

By Anthony V Rinna* The US legislature, whose responsibilities include overseeing the State Department and determining budgets for foreign policy

By Dushni Weerakoon* The unprecedented disruptions of COVID-19 are causing a geopolitical reset — and as the global order is redrawn, small

By Carlyle Thayer* Key developments in the South China Sea in 2020 were shaped by the impact of the COVID-19

By Michael Kugelman* US president-elect Joe Biden’s foreign policy will be very different from that of President Donald Trump. Biden has vowed

By Sujeev Shakya* There was still a glimmer of hope for Nepal’s political transformation in 2019. But COVID-19 and political

By Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein* COVID-19 came at a tough time for North Korea, both economically and politically, and may have