Summary On Nov. 8, Myanmar will hold its first nationwide general election since the country began transitioning from military to quasi-civilian rule in 2011. The scale of the vote is vast, with 91 parties competing for 498 parliamentary seats representing constituencies ...
Forecast A recent agreement to resolve some historical grievances will not seriously assuage deep anti-Japanese sentiment in South Korea. South Korea will likely ignore U.S. and Japanese calls to send ships into the South China Sea, which risk antagonizing China. ...
On Saturday, Chinese President Xi Jinping will have a 20-minute meeting with his counterpart from across the Taiwan Strait, President Ma Ying-jeou, followed by dinner in Singapore’s Shangri-La Hotel. Both the Communist-ruled People’s Republic of China and Taiwan (officially known ...