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February 22, 2017 Alternative Scenarios
Negative Scenario II

Two months following the passage by the ROK National Assembly of a motion of impeachment against Park Geun-hye, power remains in the hands of Acting President Hwang Kyo-ahn, […]

Scott Snyder

Abe Shinzo, anti-globalization, Ban Ki-moon, comfort women, Constitutional Court, Hwang Kyo-ahn, impeachment, missile tests, nationalism, Park Geun-hye, THAAD, Trump, Yasukuni Shrine
February 22, 2017 Alternative Scenarios
Positive Scenario II

The Constitutional Court of South Korea has until June to rule for or against the impeachment decision made by the National Assembly last December. As a majority of […]

Kim Jaechun*

4th nuclear test, Abe Shinzo, Ban Ki-moon, burden-sharing, comfort women, Constitutional Court, Dokdo, elections, GSOMIA, impeachment, Kaesong Industrial Complex, Kim Jong-nam, missile tests, Park Geun-hye, ROK-US Alliance, sanctions, THAAD, Trump
December 29, 2016 Alternative Scenarios
South Korea’s Political Leadership Vacuum and Foreign Policy

Editorial Staff

December 29, 2016 Alternative Scenarios
Positive Scenario I

Being chief diplomat is one of the many roles that the president plays under the Korean political system. The chief diplomat has been missing in Korea for months […]

Kim Jaechun*

4th nuclear test, comfort women, GSOMIA, Hwang Kyo-ahn, impeachment, Park Geun-hye, ROK National Assembly, summit diplomacy, THAAD, Trump administration, Xi Jinping
December 29, 2016 Alternative Scenarios
Negative Scenario I

On December 9, the South Korean National Assembly passed a motion of impeachment against Park Geun-hye. The ROK Constitutional Court has up to 180 days from that date […]

Scott Snyder

burden-sharing, comfort women, GSOMIA, Hanjin, Hwang Kyo-ahn, impeachment, Park Geun-hye, ROK National Assembly, Samsung, THAAD, Trump administration
December 28, 2016 Alternative Scenarios
Negative Scenario II

The long-awaited December 15-16 Yamaguchi-Tokyo summit appears to have been a failure, which masqueraded as a step forward. That is the conclusion many sources in Japan have drawn, […]

Gilbert Rozman

1956 Joint Declaration, Abe Shinzo, Eastern Economic Forum, energy, G7, Hikiwake, Kuril Islands, Northern Territories, Peace Treaty, Putin, Russian Far East, sanctions, Territorial Disputes, trilateralism, Trump administration, two plus alpha
December 28, 2016 Alternative Scenarios
Positive Scenario II

Was President Putin’s visit on December 15-16 a success or a failure? Media coverage seems to have been almost unanimous in Japan and Russia. In Japan, a general […]

Kazuhiko Togo

1855 treaty, 1956 Joint Declaration, Abe Shinzo, APEC, Kuril Islands, Northern Territories, Peace Treaty, Putin, Territorial Disputes, Trump administration, two islands, two plus alpha
October 26, 2016 Alternative Scenarios
Negative Scenario I

As Abe Shinzo proceeds at breakneck pace to reach a breakthrough with Vladimir Putin, at least five questions need to be addressed from the perspective of the United […]

Gilbert Rozman

four islands in a batch, G7, Multipolarity, Putin, Russian Far East, sanctions, Shinzo Abe, THAAD, two plus alpha
October 26, 2016 Alternative Scenarios
Positive Scenario I

Japan-Russia relations started gaining momentum from the beginning of 2016, and even for optimistic observers of that relationship, the tempo of activation that we see now is amazing. […]

Kazuhiko Togo

1956 Joint Declaration, Crimea, Eastern Economic Forum, four islands in a batch, Hikiwake, Kawana proposal, Putin, Shinzo Abe, Sochi summit, two plus alpha, Ukraine, Vladivostok summit
October 26, 2016 Alternative Scenarios
Breakthrough in Japan-Russia Relations and Advancing Regional Security

Editorial Staff