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June 30, 2016 Special Forum
Regional Security Architecture in the Asia-Pacific: What Role for the EU?

Ever since the financial crisis crept from the United States to Europe in 2008, we have observed change in the international system, in general, and in Asia, in […]

Michael Reiterer

CBM, CICA, EAS, EU-China Connectivity, Global Strategy, Hegemon, Multipolarity, Revisionist foreign policy, Rule of law
April 29, 2016 Special Forum
Introduction to Special Forum

The relationship between the United States and Japan has changed under Prime Minister Abe and President Obama not only becoming more robust bilaterally, but acquiring new significance in […]

Editorial Staff

Japan-US relations, South China Sea, trilateralism
April 29, 2016 Special Forum
Japan, China, and the United States in an Uncertain Asia

Since the territorial dispute erupted, there has been limited contact between the leaders of Japan and China. Prime Minister Abe Shinzo and President Xi Jinping have met only […]

Sheila A. Smith

Alliance Coordination Mechanism, Maritime Self-Defense Force, Senkaku Islands, State Oceanic Administration
April 29, 2016 Special Forum
The Japan-US-Russia Triangle in 2016

The Washington-Tokyo-Moscow triangle has intermittently drawn attention since the 1950s for its potential to shift Japan’s foreign policy and alter the course of great power balancing. Until the […]

Gilbert Rozman

2 + alpha, Abe-Putin courtship, G-7 sanctions, Hikiwake, Northern Territories, Ukraine
April 29, 2016 Special Forum
Reviving the US-Japan-Korea Triangle in South Korean Diplomacy

On March 31, 2016, President Obama, President Park, and Prime Minister Abe held a summit in Washington, DC on the sidelines of a nuclear security summit. They agreed […]

Park Cheol Hee*

December Accord, Fourth nuclear test, History consciousness, Japanese militarism, Northeast Asian Trilateral Summit, UNSC resolution 2270
April 29, 2016 Special Forum
Synopsis of the German Marshall Fund’s Japan Trilateral Forum, March 1-2, 2016

Why is it important to forge a global triangular framework under the auspices of Washington, Tokyo, and Brussels? Triangularity was assumed to exist during the Cold War, but […]

Editorial Staff

AIIB, Asianism, Populism, Post-modern Syndrome, Refugee crisis
April 29, 2016 Special Forum
Navigating Historical Tensions: Pragmatic Leadership, Empathy, and the United States Factor in Japan-South Korea Relations

The year 2015 was, arguably, an important turning point for Japan’s relations with South Korea. Since the advent of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) administration of Prime Minister […]

John Nilsson-Wright

Abandonment-Entrapment model, Han Miracle, Kono Statement, Yasukuni Shrine
February 22, 2016 Special Forum
Introduction to the Special Forum

The tension around the South China Sea has shown no sign of diminishing. China keeps flexing its muscles, as aircraft land on newly built runways on artificial islands […]

Editorial Staff

hedging, US alignment
February 22, 2016 Special Forum
Southeast Asian Strategies toward the Great Powers: Still Hedging after All These Years?

Over the past two decades, our understanding of how the relatively small states of Southeast Asia engage in great power management has grown significantly. The tendency during the […]

Evelyn Goh

Global War on Terror, South China Sea, Strategic engagement, Triangular hedging
February 22, 2016 Special Forum
Vietnam’s Management of China’s Maritime Assertiveness in the Post-Cold War Period

1In May 2014, China deployed a giant oil rig, Haiyang Shiyou 981 (HYSY 981), and a flotilla of more than 100 vessels to the area that Vietnam claims […]

Do Thanh Hai*

code of conduct, Haiyang Shiyou 981, Paracels, South China Sea, Spratlys, Vietnam-China relations