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April 30, 2014 Topics of the Month
Update on Japan-Russia Relations

From July to December 2013, Topics of the Month carried a series of statements by Togo Kazuhiko and rejoinders on Japan-Russia relations. In the month of April 2014 […]

Editorial Staff

Asianism, energy, Igor Sechin, Ukraine
April 15, 2014 Topics of the Month
Sino-US Relations – 4

Assessing US-China Relations: How We Should Not Misread China?   On March 25, 2014, President Xi Jinping met President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the third Nuclear […]

Wang Dong*

ADIZ, freedom of navigation, Philippines, Ren'ai Reef, self-righteousness, South China Sea, vital US interests
April 4, 2014 Topics of the Month
Japan-South Korea Relations – 3

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

Park Cheol Hee*

Kono Statement, North Korea card, strategic context, strategic weight, trilateral summit
March 21, 2014 Topics of the Month
TPP – 3

In the two months since my original article for The Asan Forum, TPP appears to have stalled. News reports of the most recent negotiating round, as well as […]

William W. Grimes

Automobile tariffs, Economic integrations, market-distorting institutions, TPP, Trade Promotion Authority (TPA)
March 21, 2014 Topics of the Month
Sino-US Relations – 3

Obama’s Trip to Asia—How to Deal with China in the “Gray Zone”   President Obama’s visit next month to four East Asian allies and partners almost certainly will […]

Robert Sutter

Anti-submarine warfare, gray zone, rebalance, salami slicing, Second Thomas Shoal, security integration, Southeast Asia
February 21, 2014 Topics of the Month
TPP – 2

My article in The Asan Forum on TPP has received a number of comments, including T.J. Pempel’s rejoinder and a vigorous debate on the Japan Forum LISTSERV sponsored […]

William W. Grimes

Capital controls, intellectual property rights, rules of origin, Shinzo Abe, structural reform, the Diet, TPP, US Congress
February 21, 2014 Topics of the Month
Japan-South Korea Relations – 2

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

Park Cheol Hee*

Anti-Japaneseism, Balanced diplomacy, Kerry, Park, Shinzo Abe, trilateral cooperation
February 21, 2014 Topics of the Month
Sino-US Relations – 2

United States Pushes Back Against Chinese Assertiveness; Xi Urges Dialogue Carefully sequenced statements by Obama administration officials in late January and February pushed back against Chinese assertiveness in […]

Robert Sutter

ADIZ, domestic concerns, interdependence, Kerry, Medeiros, Philippines, Russel, South China Sea, Southeast Asia, Xi Jinping
January 27, 2014 Topics of the Month
Japan-South Korea Relations – 1

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

Park Cheol Hee*

Abe Shinzo, comfort women, Dokdo /Takeshima, Park Geun-hye, Summit, Yasukuni Shrine
January 27, 2014 Topics of the Month
TPP – 1

Japan and the United States in the Transpacific Partnership: Costs, Benefits, and the Politics of Getting to Yes   The TPP has risen from modest origins as an […]

William W. Grimes

Abe Shinzo, model of economic governance, third arrow, Trans-Pacific Partnership, US Congress