Vietnam’s premier meets President Trump on the heels of the US administration’s first FONOP in the South China Sea.

China’s rise in the Asia-Pacific is bringing together two former enemies.

With the ‘Asia Pivot’ gone, and the TPP with it, Hanoi left to guess at what the Trump administration’s Asia Pacific policy will be.

The THAAD deployment in South Korea could be a game-changer in East Asia security, and China and Russia are not happy about it.

North Korea’s recent missile test underscores the growing threat posed by the “Hermit Kingdom” to East Asian security. In responding to it, the Trump administration only has bad options to pick from.

The overriding thrust of Trump Doctrine in East Asia seems to be a shift toward confrontation with China.

Though less prominent than the South China Sea dispute of late, the fight for the Senkaku Islands is far from over.

The brainchild of officials who wanted to cement US trade influence in Asia, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is now being doomed by the very country that birthed it.

After a long lull in the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands dispute, the issue appears to be heating up once again.

Two different presidential candidates, and two different geopolitical visions of the South China Sea dispute.