Asia & the Pacific

Will protests at home hurt French President Macron's efforts to be seen as a leader of the West? Former U.S. ambassador to NATO Nicholas Burns digs in.

This year’s Halifax International Security Forum paid respect to the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One, but in its final plenary session, Future Tense: Our World in Ten, the attention shifted to the future. How will the issues discussed throughout this year’s Forum play out over the next decade? Will democratic states be able to defend their values and institutions from growing threats like great power politics and cyber-warfare? This diverse set of panelists spoke confidently and optimistically about the resilience of democracies to withstand this challenge.

It's been six months since President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said they came to an agreement on denuclearization, but new satellite images published this week by an independent Washington think tank showed at least 13 previously undeclared missile operating bases in North Korea.

Cathryn Cluver Ashbrook, Founding Executive Director of the Future of Diplomacy Project discusses the likelihood of international trade wars, possible steel tariffs on imports into the United States, the role of G-20 observer states, including Singapore and the health of transatlantic relations.

The United States must work closely with China on critical world issues such as North Korea, according to Kurt M. Campbell, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. But this relationship faces increasing difficulty in the future, he said on Thursday (March 3) during a visit to the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS).