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March 19, 2019 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (February 2019)

The winter brought disappointing news regarding Japanese foreign policy on many fronts, but at least the worst-case scenario at the Trump-Kim Hanoi summit was avoided. The hopes for […]

Editorial Staff

Abe-Xi Summit, BRI, Cold War, free and open Indo-Pacific, Hanoi summit
February 21, 2019 Country Reports
Country Report: China (February 2019)

In the winter of 2018–2019, Chinese experts assessed the Modi administration’s pursuit of closer maritime security ties with Southeast Asia and evaluated the weakening foundations of Chinese–Indian relations. […]

Danielle F. S. Cohen (assisted by Dong Jiaxin)

“One China”, Act East Policy, BRI, free and open Indo-Pacific, Indian Maritime Security Strategy, the Quad, TPP
February 7, 2019 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (January 2019)

Sino-Russian relations remain the bedrock of Moscow’s Asia policy, as reaffirmed by when the Russian ambassador to China recounted at the start of 2019 how relations had been […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

BRI, EEU, G20, Greater Eurasia, INF Treaty, SCO, Trump-Kim summit, turn to the East
January 31, 2019 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (January 2019)

The end of 2018 and the first weeks of 2019 saw the South Korean media obsessed with North Korea and its diplomacy with the United States and China. […]

Kim Kimberly

G20, Panmunjom Declaration, Pyongyang Declaration, Trump-Kim summit, Xi-Kim summit
December 27, 2018 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (December 2018)

The last part of 2018 was marked by the hopeful aftermath of the Abe-Xi summit and the new push by Abe and Putin to resolve the long-lingering dispute […]

Editorial Staff

"Belt and Road" Initiative, America First, APEC, East Asia Summit, free and open Indo-Pacific, Korea boom, Tokyo Strategy 2018
December 20, 2018 Country Reports
Country Report: China (December 2018)

In late 2018, Chinese experts assessed China’s relations with India and India’s maritime strategy in the Indian Ocean under the Modi administration. They examined the revival of the […]

Danielle F. S. Cohen (assisted by Dong Jiaxin)

"Belt and Road" Initiative, America First, free and open Indo-Pacific, Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, THAAD
November 29, 2018 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (November 2018)

The extraordinary flux in the Indo-Pacific area has elicited diverse and exploratory writing in Russia. No part of the region is ignored in the search for answers as […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

BRI, inter-Korean summit, KORUS FTA, Made in China 2025, SCO, turn to the East, US-DPRK summit
November 26, 2018 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (November 2018)

The 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly President Moon Jae-in’s New York itinerary was all about sharing the meeting results from the Pyongyang summit he had […]

Kim Kimberly

Asia-Europe Meeting, comfort women, Panmunjom Declaration, Pope Francis, Pyongyang Declaration, UN General Assembly, US-DPRK summit
October 23, 2018 Country Reports
Country Report: China (October 2018)

In mid-2018, Chinese experts assessed China’s relations with South Korea and Japan’s increasingly autonomous approach toward North Korea. They examined the fragmentation of security cooperation mechanisms in Southeast […]

Danielle F. S. Cohen (assisted by Dong Jiaxin)

America First, ASEAN Way, Asian security concept, Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands, THAAD
October 8, 2018 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (October 2018)

Setting aside the rush of publications on China and North Korea—from Abe’s October visit to China to Japan’s response to plans for a new Trump-Kim summit—this report covers […]

Editorial Staff

AIIB, ARF, BRI, BRICS, comfort women, EEF, free and open Indo-Pacific, Sharp power, the Quad, US-China trade war