Asia on Tap
This week's picks

In the latest essay from Emerging Voices on the New Normal in Asia, Frega Wenas Inkiriwang examines Indonesia’s efforts to recalibrate its defense diplomacy at a time when ASEAN countries struggle to cope with the pandemic and deal with the Sino-U.S. rivalry.

As companion reads to this week’s commentary by Saori Katada on Japan’s emergence as a leader in protecting the international liberal economic order, we recommend a roundtable on her book Japan’s New Regional Reality: Geoeconomic Strategy in the Asia-Pacific from the new issue of Asia Policy and a commentary on Taiwan’s trade policies from earlier this year.

Until next time,

Roy Kamphausen
President, The National Bureau of Asian Research