Overview Over the past decade, the plight of East Turkic minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), formerly known as East Turkestan, has become closely intertwined with the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) overall record on human rights. …

Overview The trilateral security alliance between the United States, the Republic of Korea (ROK), and Japan is the most consequential security alliance for the U.S. today outside of the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance (NATO). The trilateral alliance traces its roots back to the Cold War when the U.S. made heavy…

Overview Taiwan, or the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia located off the southeast coast of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and separated from the mainland by the 110-mile-wide Taiwan Strait. After the country’s occupation by Imperial Japanese forces during WWII, the island fell under…

The “Quad” is a group made up of Australia, India, Japan, and the United States. The Quad was initiated in 2006 to bring peaceful cooperation into the Indo Pacific and South China Sea (SCS) regions, focusing on free movement of trade between nations, disaster preparedness, and joint military exercises. …

“We will either import our nation's agriculture labor or we will import our nation’s food.” This quote was given to me by a produce farmer in my home state of Florida. If agricultural labor reform is not resolved soon this statement will become a reality. The United States Congress has…

Uncovering China’s Subversion of Rules at the World Trade Organization It is no secret that U.S.-China relations have soured significantly over the past decade. …

In mid-February, the MS Westerdam, a cruise ship with more than 2,000 passengers and crew on board, found itself stranded at sea. Concern surrounding the coronavirus pandemic was beginning to ramp up, and the ship was refused the right to dock by multiple Asian nations. Finally, Cambodia stepped in and…