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August 18, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: China (August 2015)

Chinese articles in recent months have been unambiguous in asserting Chinese positions on issues in the forefront of international relations. They offer telling insights into the thinking behind […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Dong Jiaxin*)

Economic Relations, Middle Power Diplomacy, National security, Sino-US Relations
August 13, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (August 2015)

Japan-Russia Relations Relations with Russia appeared to be back on track in the first part of the summer. Plans for Putin to visit Japan were going forward despite […]

Editorial Staff

Japan-ROK tensions, Japan-US alliance, National security, Putin-Abe summit, South China Sea
July 29, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (July 2015)

Russian publications have turned decisively to the establishment of a new world order opposed to US-led “vertical globalization.” It centers on Asia, capitalizing on North Korea to influence […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

BRICS, Economic Relations, North Korea, Regionalism, SCO, US-Sino rivalry
July 17, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (July 2015)

With the seventieth anniversary of the end of the war and the division of the Korean Peninsula coming up in August, diplomatic challenges continued, especially in South Korea’s […]

Editorial Staff (prepared by Han Minjeong)

Middle Power Diplomacy, National security, OPCON, Regionalism, The China Paradox
June 23, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: China (June 2015)

In Heping yu Fazhan, no. 2, 2015, Li Hongcai and Yang Guanghai took a broad view of security in Asia, citing Xi Jinping’s May 21, 2014 statement on […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Dong Jiaxin*)

constructivism, SCO, Sino-ROK Relations, Sino-US Relations
June 4, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (June 2015)

Optimism in Japan is in short supply. The Foreign Ministry organized an academic group to analyze Asia after 20 years and consider what Japan’s role will be in […]

Editorial Staff

One Belt One Road, One Road"
May 19, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (May 2015)

The Park administration’s diplomatic strategy was tested in the last two months concerning AIIB and Japan. On AIIB, while Seoul kept silent about its decision before joining as […]

Editorial Staff (prepared by Han Minjeong)

AIIB, historical revisionism, Kono Statement, THAAD
May 18, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (May 2015)

Preparations for the May 9 Victory Day celebrations showcased Russia’s relations in Asia more than in Europe despite the fact that May 9 has long been recognized as […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

EEC, SCO, Silk Road Economic Belt, Ukraine
May 12, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: China (April 2015)

In Waijiao pinglun, no. 2, Xiong Lili and Pan Yu analyze Russia’s predicament in Europe, discerning elements of both continuity and discontinuity in the Ukrainian situation. In order […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Dong Jiaxin*)

AIIB, Maritime Silk Road, New Cold War, Sino-Japanese Relations, US strategic encirclement
May 4, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (April 2015)

Funabashi Yoichi in the March issue of Gaiko called on the Japanese to polish up their geopolitcal acumen, recognizing that they now face risks unlike any in the […]

Editorial Staff