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March 31, 2015 National Commentaries
A South Korean Perspective

  "Missile Defense on the Korean Peninsula"   A South Korean View on the Deployment of THAAD to the ROK   On March 16, Assistant Foreign Minister Liu […]

Woo Jung-Yeop*

ROK-US Alliance, THAAD
March 31, 2015 National Commentaries
A US Perspective

  "Missile Defense on the Korean Peninsula"   From Political Taboo to Strategic Hedge: A US Perspective on Ballistic Missile Defense   Ballistic missile defense (BMD) is both […]

Van Jackson

Asymmetry, ROK-US Alliance, strategic hedge, THAAD
February 10, 2015 National Commentaries
A US Perspective

"India-US relations:Developments from the Fall and Winter of 2014 to the 2015 Modi-Obama Summit"   A Successful Summit Revives US-India Strategic Partnership   In the late 1990s, after […]

Daniel Twining

Balancing China, Economic Relations, Indo-US relations, Republic Day parade
February 10, 2015 National Commentaries
A Japanese Perspective

"The India-Japan Special Global Partnership and the United States"   On the Republic Day of India, January 26, 2015, the Embassy of India in Tokyo hosted a national […]

Takenaka Chiharu*

Abenomics, Make in India, Modinomics, Republic Day parade
February 10, 2015 National Commentaries
An Indian Perspective

"India-US relations:Developments from the Fall and Winter of 2014 to the 2015 Modi-Obama Summit"   Between Symbolism and Substance: An Assessment of Obama’s India Visit   Taking a […]

Rahul Mishra

2+2 Ministerial, BIT, civil nuclear deal, climate change, CliND, defense cooperation, qualitative reinvigoration, Totalization Agreement
December 4, 2014 National Commentaries
A Japanese Perspective

http://www.palgrave.com/kr/book/9781137541703

Nakanishi Hiroshi*

Article 9, Asianism, collective self-defense, historical revisionism, Japan, nationalism, normalization, proactive pacifism, US
December 4, 2014 National Commentaries
A US Perspective

This article is available in hardcopy & eBook format at the following site: http://www.palgrave.com/kr/book/9781137541703

Admiral Dennis Blair

common history, historical reinterpretation, history textbook revisionism, localized history curriculum, national history curriculum
December 4, 2014 National Commentaries
A South Korean Perspective

http://www.palgrave.com/kr/book/9781137541703

Bong Youngshik*

Atlantic Security Community, eizoku haisen (state of permanent defeat), Japan, normalization, remembrance of colonial occupation, US-ROK security alliance, value-based/mutual identity-based military alliance
September 29, 2014 National Commentaries
A South Korean Perspective

"Reassessing the Park-Xi Summit"   In recent months, pundits in Washington and Tokyo talk or insinuate quite a bit about the so-called “Seoul-in-the-China-orbit” thesis. From this author’s perspective, […]

Chung Jae Ho*

EEZ, missile defense, national interests. strategic suspicion, overblown expectations, TPP, track 1.5 meeting
September 29, 2014 National Commentaries
A US Perspective

"Reassessing the Park-Xi Summit"   The growing ties between China and the Republic of Korea are among the most consequential changes in East Asian politics, economics, and security […]

Jonathan D. Pollack

comprehensive upgrading of relations, Economic Relations, FTA, hot in economy and warm in politics, major middle power, mutual respect, National security, trade dependency, US