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November 22, 2013 Special Forum
Sino-Russian Competition in Mongolia

In recent years China and Russia have presented a solid façade of “strategic partnership,” with leaders emphasizing complementarity of national interests and common approaches to many international problems […]

Sergey Radchenko

Commercial competition, Elbegdorj, Enkhbayar, indirect undercutting, mining, third neighbor policy, trans-Mongolian railroad
November 22, 2013 Special Forum
China-Russia Relations in Central Asia

China-Russia relations in Central Asia are attracting increasing attention from scholars and policymakers. Most analysis thus far, however, has employed the competition framework in examining this relationship. In […]

Zhao Huasheng*

economic integration, limited competition, mutual strategic interests, natural resources, rules of the game, SCO, Silk Route Economic Zone, the US factor
October 7, 2013 Special Forum
Introduction to Special Forum on Strategic Thinking about North Korea

North Korea has been discussed widely, especially since Kim Jong-un took the reins after Kim Jong-il’s death. Yet, not often is it considered to be a subject of […]

Editorial Staff

Denuclearization, infographics, Putin’s pivot, regional balance of power, Reunification, Sino-US cooperation, Sinocentrism, testing US alliances, triangles
October 7, 2013 Special Forum
Chinese Strategic Thinking Regarding North Korea

In 2013, China is faced with the challenge of weighing the alternative goals of a favorable balance of power in Northeast Asia, a process of reunification on the […]

Cheng Xiaohe*

Balance of power, historical lessons, reunification conditions
October 7, 2013 Special Forum
South Korea’s Strategic Thinking on North Korea and Beyond

For more than six decades, South Korea has coped with one of the most enduring geopolitical asymmetries in the world, namely, the South-North conundrum on the Korean Peninsula. […]

Lee Chung Min*

hybrid security template, need for security guidance, North Korea, North Korea challenges, opinion surveys, polarized worldviews
October 7, 2013 Special Forum
North Korea in Japan’s Strategic Thinking

Through the repeated cycles of North Korean missile and nuclear testing, negotiations, and sanctions that have characterized international reaction to Pyongyang’s proliferation, Japan has gradually lost ground it […]

Sheila A. Smith

Alliance challenges, Japanese Abductees, military strategy, missile threat
October 7, 2013 Special Forum
Russian Strategic Thinking Regarding North Korea

For Russia the DPRK is not a normal state. The two facts that it is one of Russia’s nearest neighbors and it was founded by the Soviet Union […]

Alexander Lukin

priority of nuclear issue, Putin’s impact, soft position on pressure, Soviet approach, views of experts and politicians, views on unification
July 19, 2013 Special Forum
A New Cold War? Introduction to the July Special Forum

With this first issue of The Asan Forum, we post our first Special Forum, five articles that address different aspects of a single overarching theme on Asian international […]

Editorial Staff

infographics, New Cold War
July 19, 2013 Special Forum
Another Cold War in Asia?

The biggest strategic challenge for policymakers in the Asia-Pacific is the peaceful integration of China into the international order. Within three decades, China has transformed from a rural […]

Michishita Narushige*

Arms Race, Australia, New Cold War, Sino-US Relations, Southeast Asia, Trade
July 19, 2013 Special Forum
Is an Economic Cold War Emerging in Asia?

For the past 35 years, as China’s economic development accelerated in the post-Mao period, US policy towards the Asia-Pacific was aimed at fostering an environment that would gradually […]

Scott W. Harold

Beijing Consensus, FTAs, Investment, New Cold War, TPP, Trade, Washington Consensus