Notable Essays:
- China’s Quest for Asia by Dana Dillon and John J. Tkacik Jr.
Describes China's increasingly aggressive foreign policy in which China uses economic bargaining to coerce Southeast Asian nations to align with China and (perhaps) against the United States. Part of this realignment is clearly due to the United States' neglect of diplomatic relations with Southeast Asian nations. - Making Democracy Stick by Gerard Alexander.
One of many essays published recently in foreign policy journals discussing the problems of exporting democratic government to regions with historically authoritarian cultural traditions. (See, for example, The National Interest: here, here; and Foreign Affairs: here, here.)