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June 11, 2015 Special Forum
Option 3: Reclaiming Diplomatic Ownership

During the more than five centuries of the Yi dynasty (1392-1910), Korea practiced one-dimensional diplomacy; it had only to take care of its tributary relationship with China. Within […]

Choi YJ*

AIIB, multidimensional diplomacy, Sino-US Relations, TPP
June 11, 2015 Special Forum
Option 4: Resuming the Six-Party Talks

The Korean Peninsula has been divided for over seventy years, and there is no sign that the division will end any time soon. The ROK and the DPRK […]

Cheng Xiaohe*

NAPCI, Sino-ROK Relations, Six-Party Talks
June 11, 2015 Special Forum
Option 5: Rethinking Middle Power Diplomacy

Since the Cold War, South Korea has never been in a lonelier position as four great powers and North Korea have appeared to bypass it in their “pivots” […]

Gilbert Rozman

Eurasian Initiative, hedging, MIKTA, NAPCI, Trustpolitik, US-Japan-ROK Trilateralism
April 9, 2015 Special Forum
Four “Middle Power” Pivots to Asia

In this cluster of four articles on pivots to Asia, we expand the range covered in the Special Forum on pivots to Asia posted in the final issue […]

Editorial Staff

Middle Powers, National security, Sino-Russia rebalance, US-China rebalance
April 9, 2015 Special Forum
Less Geneva, More Jakarta? Assessing Australia’s Asia Pivot

The history of Australia’s engagement with Asia is littered with debates about identity and destiny. Settled in 1788 as a British colonial outpost, Australia’s federation did little to […]

Andrew O’Neil

Asia-Pacific engagement, AU-Japan relations, Australia's "Big Three"
April 9, 2015 Special Forum
Recalibrating the Rebalance: A View from South Korea

Akin to other key Asian powers that have a long-standing alliance with the United States, South Korea has welcomed America’s renewed attention to Asia although this is hardly […]

Lee Chung Min*

AIIB, CFC, Sino-DPRK relations, THAAD
April 9, 2015 Special Forum
Kazakhstan’s Multi-vector Foreign Policy: Diminishing Returns in an Era of Great Power “Pivots”?

Since Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the Obama administration’s “pivot” to Asia in 2011, the other most consequential powers—China, Russia, India, and Japan—have constructed their own versions […]

Michael Clarke

April 9, 2015 Special Forum
Europe’s Incomplete Pivot to Asia

We have been talking about the pivot to Asia, and discussing for so long about the US turning its back on Europe. I have always been convinced that […]

Daniel Twining

AIIB, EU, Transatlantic relations, Transpacific relations
February 5, 2015 Special Forum
Abe Shinzo: Japan’s Most Consequential Prime Minister since Yoshida Shigeru

Introduction to Special Forum Abe Shinzo: Japan’s Most Consequential Prime Minister since Yoshida Shigeru   The year 2015 promises to be a milestone in Japan’s transition from a […]

Editorial Staff

Abenomics, comfort women, commemorations, Shinzo Abe, TPP, Yasukuni Shrine
February 5, 2015 Special Forum
Abe Unleashed? Hardly

Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo and his LDP chalked up a third consecutive election victory and extended their hold on the Diet for two more years with a […]

Brad Glosserman

Abenomics, collective self-defense, Japan-US alliance, nuclear policy, Shinzo Abe, Territorial Disputes