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December 12, 2016 National Commentaries
A View from Malaysia

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak made high-profile visits to China from October 18-21 and from October 31 to November 5, 2016, respectively. It […]

Kuik Cheng-Chwee*

1MDB, Aman Youyi, ASEAN, CARAT, Comprehensive strategic partnership, corruption, Duterte, enhanced defense cooperation agreement, Infrastructure, Najib Razak, One Belt One Road, Pacific Partnership, Philippines, RCEP, South China Sea, TPP, Trump administration, Tsai Ing-wen, war on drugs
December 8, 2016 Open Forum
US-Japan-India Trilateral Relations: Opportunities and Challenges

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Japan in November and made clear his desire to make relations with Japan, already quite strong, a key priority for Delhi in the […]

J. Berkshire Miller

Abe Shinzo, Asia rebalance, East China Sea, Indo-Pacific, Malabar exercises, Narendra Modi, National Security Strategy 2013, Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, principled security network, Senkaku Islands, trade relations, trilateralism
December 7, 2016 Open Forum
Russia’s Far East Transborder Pains: China Threat Syndrome and the Tragedy of the Anticommons

The Russian Far East (RFE) has come a long way in the last fifteen years. The signature image of the region’s largest city of Vladivostok is no longer […]

Mikhail Alexseev

anticommons, China threat, migration, Russian Far East, Transborder Trade and Economic Complex
December 5, 2016 Open Forum
Washington Insights(Vol. 4, No. 6)

The autumn of 2016 has been tumultuous in Washington, DC. Whereas in October the old agenda was still under discussion, after Donald Trump won the presidential election the […]

Editorial Staff

Asia pivot, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Eastern Economic Forum, energy, Korean 2017 elections, Middle Power Diplomacy, Northeast Asia Peace and Cooperation Initiative, One Belt One Road, Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, sanctions, spheres of influence, Territorial Disputes, Trump administration, Ulaanbaatar Dialogue
November 30, 2016 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (November 2016)

Recently, domestic events have so dominated the news that foreign affairs coverage has been reduced to only occasional stories. The Trump election was an unavoidable theme. The aftermath […]

Editorial Staff

5th nuclear test, EDSCG, GSOMIA, KORUS FTA, Nuclear threat, offshore balancing, ROK-US Alliance, strategic patience, THAAD, Trump administration
November 24, 2016 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (November 2016)

Noteworthy in the fall of 2016 has been the increase in articles about the Russo-Japanese relationship. They accompanied the Eastern Economic Forum meeting of Putin and Abe and […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

Crimea, Eurasian Economic Commission, Eurasian Economic Union, European Union, G7, Kuril Islands, NATO, Northern Territories, Russian Far East, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Silk Road Economic Belt
November 1, 2016 Special Forum
Introduction

Park Geun-hye’s sober foreign policy choices in 2016 pointedly contrast with her much-lauded ambitions of 2014-2015. In this set of articles we make the comparisons, suggest reasons for […]

Editorial Staff

4th nuclear test, 5th nuclear test, bonanza, comfort women, Crimea, Eastern Economic Forum, Eurasian Economic Initiative, Northeast Asia Peace and Cooperation Initiative, South China Sea, THAAD, trilateralism, Trustpolitik, Ukraine
November 1, 2016 Special Forum
Growing Threats and Shifting Policies on the Korean Peninsula

President Park Geun-hye began her term in 2013 with high hopes, or at least plans for engaging North Korea to resolve the nuclear issue as well as appealing […]

Bruce Klingner

3rd nuclear test, 4th nuclear test, Denuclearization, Dresden Declaration, Kaesong Industrial Complex, Korean unification, landmine crisis, Sunshine Policy, THAAD, Trustpolitik, UN resolutions Six-Party Talks, UNSCR 2270
November 1, 2016 Special Forum
South Korea’s Realignment in 2016: Opportunities, Changes, and Challenges

Since its fourth nuclear test on January 6, 2015, North Korea has been showing off its nuclear capability to acquire the status of a nuclear state. Its parade […]

Shin Beomchul*

4thnuclear test, 5th nuclear test, AIIB, Denuclearization, GSOMIA, human rights, Kaesong Industrial Complex, Middle Power Diplomacy, Northeast Asia Peace and Cooperation Initiative, Park Geun-hye, Six-Party Talks, strategic patience, THAAD, Trust-building Process on the Korean Peninsula, Trustpolitik, UNSCR 2270
November 1, 2016 Special Forum
Synopsis of the Seoul Forum for International Affairs, September 23, 2016

In the early autumn of 2016, there were repeated seminars and exchanges in Seoul and Washington, DC on three interrelated topics: how to respond effectively to the North […]

Editorial Staff

4th nuclear test, 5th nuclear test, ASEAN, East Asia Summit, Eurasia Economic Union, G2, Maritime security, Maritime Silk Road, Nordpolitik, offshore balancing, One Belt One Road, RCEP, Silk Belt Economic Road, Sinocentrism, Six-Party Talks, South China Sea, strategic patience, THAAD, TPP, Trustpolitik