Strategic Challenges

Ahead of Vali Nasr's June 17 discussion on the U.S. and China in the Middle East, what are the signs that China will step in to fill the void left by U.S. reluctance to engage further in the region?
French photographer Gilles Sabrié shares his experiences and photographs from a country grappling with unprecedented change.
Asia Society's Orville Schell tells Asia Society members that China's government has a leadership "deficit."
Asia Society's Suzanne DiMaggio explains why Obama's trip to Southeast Asia is the right move at the right time.
President Obama's visit to Southeast Asia is unprecedented in its timing and chosen itinerary.
Asia Society's Suzanne DiMaggio says Beijing will closely monitor Barack Obama's Asia trip to get a sense of how much the U.S. hopes to increase its influence in the region.
How is a second term for the Obama administration likely to affect relations with China, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Afghanistan — to name just some of the Asian nations that have featured most prominently in recent headlines?
In Shanghai, as the American presidential election results roll in, locals participate vicariously.
ChinaFile, the new online magazine of the Center on U.S.-China Relations, has translated a rare story from the Chinese newspaper, Southern Weekend.
President Obama and Mitt Romney have both tried to outdo one another in tough talk on China during this election.
Pakistani blogger and journalist M. Bilal Lakhani explains what may be behind the results of a recent BBC poll, and why neither U.S. candidate is particularly popular in Pakistan.