Country Report: South Korea (September 2021)
With the end of his term drawing near, President Moon seemed to be in a race against the clock to revive the stalled Korea peace initiative. His August […]
Country Reports
South Korea
China
Country Report: China (October 2021)
In mid-2021, Chinese analysts continued to focus particular attention on India. They assessed the Modi administration’s economic diplomacy and its implications for regional relations. They also carefully evaluated […]
Japan
Country Report: Japan (August 2021)
International relations were mostly on hold in July, August, and the first half of September as Japanese concentrated on the Tokyo Olympics and the election for LDP president […]
Russia
Country Report: Russia (September 2021)
Russian publications covered some important developments in the late summer of 2021. One was the death knell to eight years of Russo-Japanese exploration of a diplomatic breakthrough: a […]
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Washington Forum (September-October 2021)
In the late summer and early fall 2021 the number of webinars increased. China was, of course, on people’s minds, but most attention centered on the southern tier […]
Editorial Staff
The Japanese Government’s Shifting Rhetoric about Taiwan and Its Significance
As Kishida Fumio assumes the leadership of the LDP and the position of prime minister, one of the most pressing questions about the veteran foreign minister’s thinking toward […]
Kawashima Shin*
Japan’s New Security Posture and Its Implications for Taiwan
In 2021 talk of conflict over Taiwan has grown to an unprecedented level, both in Japan and the United States. Bilateral plans for responding to Chinese coercion have […]
Yamaguchi Noboru*
National Commentaries
“The Moon-Biden Summit in Retrospect”
A US perspective
The undisputed evaluation of the summit is that it was a bilateral success. US media and think tanks alike acknowledged that each side gave the other enough to […]
Gilbert Rozman
A South Korean perspective
The summit between President Moon Jae-in and President Joe Biden on May 21 was critical for Moon and the South Korean public in two key ways: 1) it […]
Minseon Ku
A Japanese perspective
For the Japanese government, the US-ROK relationship after the establishment of the Biden administration is a difficult puzzle. The guiding principle was presumed to be the unfolding of […]
Kimura Kan*