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March 21, 2014 Special Forum
China’s New Foreign Policy: Transformations and Challenges Reflected in Changing Discourse

There are many opinions about China’s foreign policy strategy under the new leadership. This article addresses the shifts in China’s approach to international issues since Xi Jinping and […]

Wang Yizhou*

China Dream, integrated destiny, New type of great power relations, peripheral diplomacy, strong maritime power, two silk roads
March 20, 2014 Special Forum
Where Does Japan Fit in China’s “New Type of Great Power Relations?”

In recent years, the concept of a “new type of great power relations” (xinxing daguo guanxi) has appeared as a prominent theme in Chinese international relations discourse1. The […]

Amy King

core interests. power transition, Diaoyu/Senkaku issue, illegitimate power, New type of great power relations, postwar international order
March 7, 2014 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (March 2014)

Two themes have been in the forefront in Korean media coverage of international relations in the region: diplomacy related to reunification and ROK-Japan relations. The former was sparked […]

Editorial Staff

Dokdo /Takeshima, Germany, Germany Reunification, reunions, textbooks, two-Korea policy, UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights
March 7, 2014 Open Forum
Washington Insights: March 2014

The month of February was marked by a Japanese public relations blitz, to which DC audiences often responded, “where is South Korea in this strategy?” There was also […]

Editorial Staff

Abe's Nationalism, Alliance trilateralism, Balancing China, Japan-ROK relations, Northeast Asia Peace and Security Initiative, Obama's visit to Asia
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
February 21, 2014 Country Reports
Country Report: China (February 2014)

In the shadow of the pretense that Sino-US relations were improved by the Xi-Obama summit and are now guided by an understanding to pursue a “new type of […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Dong Jiaxin*)

China Dream, John Kerry, New type of great power relations, Russia, Russian Far East, Taiwan
February 7, 2014 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (February 2014)

This has been one of the richest periods for Japanese media coverage in memory. In covering Biden’s early December travel through the region at a time of renewed […]

Editorial Staff

Abe Shinzo, collective defense, Jang Song-Thaek, propaganda war, the China Dream, Yachi Shotaro, Yasukuni Shrine
February 7, 2014 National Commentaries
A Joint Plan of Action for North Korea?

"Prospects for a North Korean Nuclear Deal" On November 24, 2013, Iran and the P5+1 (the United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia, China, and German) reached agreement on […]

Gary Samore

effectiveness of sanctions, interim agreements, Iran, Joint Plan of Action, nuclear program, P5+1, transparency
February 7, 2014 National Commentaries
The Iran Nuclear Deal and Its Implications for North Korea

"Prospects for a North Korean Nuclear Deal" Iran and North Korea pursue the same ultimate goal: nuclear armament. However, they have chosen fundamentally different strategies and approaches. There […]

Chun Yungwoo*

confidence-building measures, existential issue, international community, Iran, legal regimes, military option, strategic calculus