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March 25, 2014 National Commentaries
Rebalancing and Entanglement: America’s Dilemma in East Asia

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

Fujiwara Kiichi*

March 25, 2014 National Commentaries
Circling the Square: History and Alliance Management

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

Lee Chung Min*

50th Anniversary of Normalization, Abe Shinzo, historical revisionism, Park Geun-hye, public opinion, trilateral summit
February 7, 2014 National Commentaries
The Six-Party Talks and the P5+1: History Repeating Itself?

"Prospects for a North Korean Nuclear Deal" Mark Twain once remarked that history doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme. As Iran consummates the P5+1 Nuclear Agreement, one […]

David Asher

Illicit Activities Initiative, Iran, P5+ 1, Science and Technology Agreement, Six-Party Talks, Syria, Worldwide Threat Assessment
February 7, 2014 National Commentaries
A Joint Plan of Action for North Korea?

"Prospects for a North Korean Nuclear Deal" On November 24, 2013, Iran and the P5+1 (the United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia, China, and German) reached agreement on […]

Gary Samore

effectiveness of sanctions, interim agreements, Iran, Joint Plan of Action, nuclear program, P5+1, transparency
February 7, 2014 National Commentaries
The Iran Nuclear Deal and Its Implications for North Korea

"Prospects for a North Korean Nuclear Deal" Iran and North Korea pursue the same ultimate goal: nuclear armament. However, they have chosen fundamentally different strategies and approaches. There […]

Chun Yungwoo*

confidence-building measures, existential issue, international community, Iran, legal regimes, military option, strategic calculus
November 22, 2013 National Commentaries
US Perspective

"China and International Law/Norms: A US Perspective" China’s territorial disputes with its maritime neighbors have become the most contentious and high-profile elements in Beijing’s regional foreign policy—so much […]

Jacques deLisle

Diaoyu/Senkaku, East China Sea, EEZ’s, PLA navy, Rebalancing, South China Sea, Southeast Asia, sovereignty, Taiwan, UNCLOS
November 22, 2013 National Commentaries
Japanese Perspective

"China and International Law/Norms: A Japanese Perspective" Signs of China respecting and complying with international law and norms are mixed at best. Assuming that international law and norms […]

Soeya Yoshihide*

Abe Shinzo, East China Sea, International relations theory, National Security Liberal international order, proactive pacifism, South China Sea, unilateralism, value diplomacy
November 22, 2013 National Commentaries
Southeast Asian Perspective

"China and International Law/Norms: Southeast Asian Perspective" Peaceful Development towards a Sinocentric Asia? China’s rise has resulted in a fundamental shift of the strategic balance in the world. […]

Huang Jing*

Anti-unilateralism, ASEAN, BRICS, code of conduct, East China Sea, new type of relations, Peaceful Development, Rebalancing, Sinocentric, South China Sea, Taiwan
October 7, 2013 National Commentaries
Japanese Perspective: Complacency and Indecisiveness in Japan’s New One-Party Dominance and Foreign Policy

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

Nakano Koichi*

Abe Shinzo, complacency, indecisiveness, LDP fragility, one-party dominance, US response to rightward drift
September 30, 2013 National Commentaries
US Perspective

Deterrence, NPT and the Two Koreas What Has Changed and What Is New in Engaging North Korea? (from remarks prepared for the Asan Nuclear Forum, February 2013) The […]

Robert L. Gallucci

deterrence, Engagement, Nuclear terrorism, Nuclear weapons, Reunification