“Iran cannot hope to defeat the US … in combat, but the Tehran regime has the time to make the conflict unbearable for the Trump administration because it knows that its hold on power is more secure than that of its Washington foe.”
asiatimes.com/2026/03/shou...
www.theamericanconservative.com/iran-and-the...
The bravado of unprecedented action is not the same as having a strategy.
Some will say "Don't indulge in premature speculation" but that's no fun. I say indulge away.
www.scmp.com/opinion/asia...
As a former SCMP journalist, I just feel sick about the SCMP publishing such a crappy and shameless article.
www.scmp.com/opinion/hong...
The panel I joined at the 2026 Kantipur Conclave in Kathmandu.
Apparently I acquired a reputation for speaking bluntly.
www.youtube.com/live/rK9MofJ...
KJU is also showing signs of age.
@nytpitchbot.bsky.social "Staking the middle ground on whether civilians can be murdered in the streets by ICE without accountability, President Trump sealed his reputation as a dealmaker."
thehill.com/homenews/570...
On Hawaii News Now, talking about the Greenland crisis viewed from the Info-Pacific.
www.hawaiinewsnow.com/video/2026/0...
My bet is that if intimidation tactics do not prompt European capitulation on this issue (and it does not look like they will) this administration will pivot to something else.
Blowing up (literally) NATO is a bridge too far, even for this admin.
www.smartnews.com/en-us/articl...
The administration is proposing arms control talks with North Korea. If Kim goes along then it means de facto nuclear state recognition.
www.chosun.com/english/worl...
Oddly wholesome
New Pacific Forum Issues & Insights: Indo-Pacific Connections publication available, including a contribution from @masonrichey.bsky.social.
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Based on my experience yesterday this phenomenon carries over to this site.
There is no “good” justification for what this admin has done, but I think we can all agree the POTUS will offer the worst justification for it and online theobros will praise him for being honest.
I will, but I want to give him time to see my reply and know I think he’s a toolbox.
Been back on this site for a minute and I already hate it.
I oppose what the US has done to Maduro. I’m sorry your little mind can’t handle complexity.
Let's hope this hasn't handed China a playbook on what to do with Lai Ching-te.
A picture of Gordon Lightfoot before the experiment
On this day 40 years ago, a stream of charged particles was fired at Gordon Lightfoot, splitting him into Chris Pratt and Bryan Cranston
“Besieged by Imperialists”: North Korea’s State Media in English, 1998-2003," an article I've worked on off and on for more years than I care to remember, is now up at the Journal of East Asian Affairs.
lnkd.in/e-RqC6Vh
The new issue--38.1--of JOEAA is online! With articles from Hon-min Yau, Rob York (@rjamesyork.bsky.social), Satoshi Machida, Leif-Eric Easley, and Sofiya Sayankina.
All articles are Open Access.
www.inss.re.kr/en/publicati...
#BigIdeasForEastAsia
I must say: BlueSky is a much more fun place to be when Democrats are winning.
Well, what you've got to understand about this operation is ...
Chinese military officers have been in the theater behind Russia's combat lines "with Beijing's approval to draw tactical lessons from the war," reports Reuters. Pales in comparison to U.S. military coordination with Kyiv, but still a strand in the war's wider web.
www.reuters.com/world/chines...
Maybe the court decision was delayed so they could be more thorough. Because I read it and ... yeah. They disassembled Yoon.
Lee Jae-myung's presidency is going to be bitter medicine but sometimes that's necessary.
Quick translated version of Constitutional Court's decision to uphold President Yoon's impeachment today.
There will be a presidential election in 60 days, on June 3.
Source: n.news.naver.com/article/366/...
