The report of the AEI/Armitage International Taiwan Policy Working Group.

President Clinton"s trip to Seattle later this week is fraught with significance.

If pursued skillfully, the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement has the potential to reconfigure Asian trade in a way that would be beneficial to the United States and to the Asia-Pacific region.

The Obama and Hatoyama administrations must decide if they view an alliance as a key element in their security strategies or as an outdated relic of a bygone era.

It is hard to see how the march to democracy can be suppressed now that the Asian "economic miracle," which served as the rationale for so much authoritarian rule, has crashed to Earth.

Despite his crushing defeat in recent elections, Australia's Prime Minister John Howard leaves a considerable legacy.

Political transitions in Asia are giving the United States a crucial opportunity to recast its Asia policy and rebuild alliances across the Pacific.

Together, the United States and Japan can cement their alliance, enhance Asian-Pacific security, and nudge China toward democratic and liberal transformation.