Asia’s rise will define the twenty-first century. Pressing matters in East, South, and Central Asia—from North Korea’s nuclear program to the economic ascension of China and India—have ...

Trump also put tariffs on Cambodia—a whopping 49 percent for one of East Asia’s poorest countries—and even Australia, a critical security ally that has a trade surplus with the United States.

It is not only politics that may be seen as war by other means. For centuries, governments have sought to demoralize and defeat their enemies without resorting to the battlefield. In “A Measure ...

Mr. Ramos-Horta is under mounting pressure to sustain his nation, Asia’s youngest and one of its poorest. Home to about 1.4 million people, East Timor is one half of an island that lies near the ...