This issue of Asia Policy features a roundtable on future scenarios for Indian Ocean security; a special essay on the outlook for Afghanistan after the withdrawal of U.S. forces; articles on a U.S. and Japanese strategy for countering risks posed by China’s ICT and on dispute settlement procedures available to Vietnam in the South China Sea under UNCLOS; and a book review roundtable on Manjari Chatterjee Miller’s Why Nations Rise: Narratives and the Path to Great Power.