What's Wrong with Both Sides of the North Korea Debate (Robert A. Manning, James Przystup, The National Interest)

Neither peace treaties nor regime change are realistic solutions.

http://nationalinterest.org/feature/whats-wrong-both-sides-the-north-korea-debate-17983

What might a new Asian order look like? (Robert A. Manning, Jim Przystup, East Asia Forum)

In numerous essays, Hugh White has argued that the US-led Asia Pacific order, which he rightly views as a source of peace and growing prosperity over the past seventy years, is increasingly outmoded. As daily events in the South China Sea attest, the current order is increasingly contested. White fears an Asia caught in the middle of a dangerous US–China rivalry that could spark conflict between the two nuclear powers.

http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2016/04/12/what-might-a-new-asian-order-look-like/

Donald Trump and the Politics of Fantasy (Robert A. Manning, The National Interest)

Amid all the “gotcha” journalism fueling this reality TV show masquerading as the Republican primary, Donald Trump’s fact-starved pronouncements on the U.S. economy and military remain insufficiently challenged.

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North Korea and the Logic of a Nuclear Asia (Robert A. Manning, The National Interest)

Kim Jong-un has instructed for nuclear weapons to be ready “at any time.”

http://nationalinterest.org/feature/north-korea-the-logic-nuclear-asia-15399

(Istituto fondamentale - Global) Shaping the Asia-Pacific Order: Don’t Count the US Out (Robert A. Manning, The Diplomat)

http://thediplomat.com/2015/07/shaping-the-asia-pacific-order-dont-count-the-us-out/