Category East Asia & Pacific

Night view of the East Asia–Pacific region on a digital globe, with glowing coastlines, dense city lights, and curved routes of ships and aircraft crossing contested seas and island chains.

East Asia & Pacific examines the geopolitics of Japan, the Koreas, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Island states. This category focuses on security alliances, maritime chokepoints, trade networks, technological competition, and climate vulnerability shaping one of the world’s most strategically significant and contested regions