Asia Policy
Asia Policy 20.3
July 2025
This issue of Asia Policy features a roundtable on nontraditional security issues in Southeast Asia; an essay on the role for Asia’s regional trading agreements and the WTO in managing the uncertainty caused by U.S. tariffs; articles on China’s strategic objectives in the Middle East, North Korea and Russia’s de facto alliance, and Taiwan’s defense industry; and a book review roundtable on Darshana M. Baruah’s The Contest for the Indian Ocean and the Making of a New World Order.
Roundtable
Nontraditional Security in a Changing Global Order
Essay
Asia and “Reciprocal Tariffs”: Is Regionalism the Antidote?
Article
China’s Strategic Engagement in the Middle East: Energy Security, Economic Integration, and Geopolitical Influence
Article
North Korea’s De Facto Alliance with Russia: The Nuclear Ramifications
Article
Taiwan’s Defense Industry at a Crossroads: Challenges and Opportunities
Book Review Roundtable
Darshana M. Baruah’s The Contest for the Indian Ocean and the Making of a New World Order
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