Washington Insights
In the summer of 2016, Washington DC has been consumed with the Clinton-Trump race and the unprecedented revolt of the Republican national security establishment against their party’s presidential […]
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Country Report: Japan (August 2016)
In late spring and early summer, the focus of the Japanese media shifted from the G7 and Obama’s visit to Hiroshima to the South China Sea ruling and […]
Country Report: South Korea (July 2016)
Three international thunderbolts of late June and early July drew intense responses in the South Korean media. The decision to deploy THAAD in South Korea was recognized as […]
Introduction to the Special Forum: Urgent Calls for a Common Agenda between Europe and Asia
The G7 summit in late May brought to the fore the question of cooperation across two continents under US leadership in the face of intensifying challenges from China […]
Country Report: Japan (June 2016)
Kawakami Takashi in the March Kaigai Jijo assessed the Obama presidency, faulting him for high-sounding language on a non-nuclear world while doing nothing to stop North Korea from […]
Washington Insights (Vol. 4, No. 3)
In April and May 2016, the extension and reinforcement of the international system drew repeated attention in Washington: bringing the Europeans into Asian security, solidifying cohesion with Japan […]
Country Report: South Korea (May 2016)
Implementation of Sanctions against North Korea Chun Young-woo opined in the March 25 DongA Ilbo that rigorous implementation is the key to denuclearization of the North. Chun says […]
Synopsis of the Asan Plenum, “The New Normal,” April 26-27, 2016
[Asan Plenum 2016 Agenda] “North Korea Out of Control, China Overextended, the United States Arousing Doubts, South Korea Sobering Up” The 2016 Asan Plenum put “gloom and doom” […]