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July 29, 2019 Open Forum
Washington Insights, Vol. 7, No. 4

Donald Trump keeps seizing the initiative, overshadowing Abe Shinzo at the G20 meetings, changing the narrative at will in diplomacy with Xi Jinping and Kim Jong-un, and, on […]

Editorial Staff

“small deal”, 5G, G20, Huawei, KORUS FTA, Quad, THAAD, US-China trade war
July 16, 2019 Open Forum
The Debate over US Policy toward China Heats Up: Doves, Hawks, Superhawks, and the Viability of the Think Tank Middle Ground

The aim of this synopsis is to clarify the debate that has erupted in the early summer of 2019, to differentiate the main schools of thought, to put […]

Gilbert Rozman

Cold War, Donald Trump, Doves, Hawks, Red China, Superhawks, Xi Jinping
July 1, 2019 Open Forum
China and the Korean Peninsula after the Hanoi Summit

The Hanoi summit between President Trump and North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un had been expected to deliver concrete results on the nuclear negotiations and/or US-North Korea bilateral […]

Yun Sun

byungjin, G20, Hanoi summit, Osaka Summit, THAAD, trade war, Xi-Kim summit
June 17, 2019 Open Forum
Washington Insights, Vol. 7, No. 3

Trade overshadows security with human rights and democratization left on the sidelines in DC gatherings in the spring of 2019. The Hanoi summit left US-North Korean ties in […]

Editorial Staff

"Belt and Road" Initiative, 5G, free and open Indo-Pacific, G20, Hanoi summit, Huawei, THAAD, trilateralism, US-Japan alliance
June 17, 2019 Open Forum
Domestic politics of China’s Belt and Road Initiative

China has an authoritarian political system and state-controlled capitalism. It is natural for foreign observers to predominantly view the autocrat-launched Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as a cohesive […]

Min Ye

"Belt and Road" Initiative, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Pakistan Economic Corridor, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Silk Road Economic Belt, Silk Road Fund
May 15, 2019 Open Forum
Washington Insights, Vol. 7, No. 2

Exchanges in DC are increasingly torn between a focus on bilateral relations—in particular, US relations with China, North Korea, South Korea, and Japan—or on trilateral relations. If the […]

Editorial Staff

comfort women, Hanoi summit, Singapore Summit, trilateralism, US-Japan alliance, US-ROK alliance
April 18, 2019 Open Forum
Trump and Asia: Continuity, Change, and Disruption

The election of Donald J. Trump as president of the United States in 2016 sparked intense anxiety about the future of American leadership in Asia and the world. […]

Michael J. Green

"Belt and Road" Initiative, America First, Five Eyes, free and open Indo-Pacific, Quad, THAAD, TPP
April 15, 2019 Open Forum
Explaining South Korea’s Sharp Shift in 2018 toward Japan

Japan-ROK relations stand at a great crossroads. What brought about this big test was the ruling issued in October 2018 by the South Korean Supreme Court on conscripted […]

Kimura Kan*

comfort women, conscripted labor, Dokdo /Takeshima, Kono Declaration, Rising Sun flag dispute, Yasukuni Shrine
February 25, 2019 Open Forum
Washington Insights Vol. 7, No. 1

The first two months of 2019 have been an anxious time in DC, not only because of the suspense over government shutdowns but also because of the uncertainty […]

Editorial Staff

America First, code of conduct, free and open Indo-Pacific, Hanoi summit, Singapore Summit, TPP-11
February 21, 2019 Open Forum
North Korea’s Regional Integration: An Enduring Dilemma for China, South Korea, and the United States

North Korea’s integration into the regional community has emerged as a key point of realignment in Sino-South Korean relations since the 2016-2017 fallout over US Terminal High Altitude […]

See-Won Byun

AIIB, America First, New Northern Policy, One Belt One Road, Panmunjom Declaration, Sunshine Policy, THAAD, TPP