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January 20, 2020 Special Forum
The Case of Donald Trump

Donald Trump came to office vowing to make many changes in US foreign policy, whether in terms of labeling China a currency manipulator,1 and addressing the US–China bilateral […]

Scott W. Harold

Donald Trump, free and open Indo-Pacific, freedom of navigation operations, Huawei, maximum pressure, the Quad, TPP, Trump-Kim summit
January 20, 2020 Special Forum
The Case of Moon Jae-in

The fact that North Korea assumes such center stage in the conduct of South Korea’s foreign and security policies is hardly surprising. Seventy years since the outbreak of […]

Lee Chung Min*

inter-Korean summit, Moon Jae-in, Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Sunshine Policy, Trump-Kim summit, US-ROK alliance
December 31, 2019 Open Forum
Russian Commentary on South Korea in 2019

For the last three decades, since the breakup of the Soviet Union, the perception of South Korea in Russia has been generally positive. This has been true with […]

Artyom Lukin

Eastern Economic Forum, Finlandization, free and open Indo-Pacific, GSOMIA, Khasan-Rajin project, Korean wave, New Southern Policy, Nine Bridges Initiative
December 9, 2019 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (November 2019)

Through the fall, Seoul’s relationship with Tokyo has been at its nadir, but relations with both Pyongyang and Washington have also been deeply troubled. While conservative and progressive […]

Kim Kimberly

CVID, GSOMIA, Mount Geumgang, Pyongyang Declaration, Special Measures Agreement, Trump-Kim summit, US-ROK alliance
November 27, 2019 Open Forum
Washington Insights, Vol. 7, No. 6

Against the shadow of impeachment hearings, the DC think tank community waited on three big developments in the Indo-Pacific region. The Sino-US trade talks riveted the international community […]

Editorial Staff

"Belt and Road" Initiative, America First, China-South Korea-Japan summit, free and open Indo-Pacific, GSOMIA, RCEP, THAAD, Trans-Pacific Partnership, US-China trade war
November 19, 2019 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (December 2019)

On August 24 after Abe surpassed Sato Eisaku as the longest-serving postwar prime minister, Mainichi compared the foreign policies of the two. Sato secured the return of Okinawa […]

Editorial Staff

"Belt and Road" Initiative, free and open Indo-Pacific, GSOMIA, RCEP, SCO, THAAD, Trans-Pacific Partnership, US-China trade war
November 4, 2019 National Commentaries
A Russian Perspective

Since 2015 Russia has held meetings of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok as the principal window on its “Turn to the East.” The contents and direction […]

Ivan Zuenko

Eastern Economic Forum, Kuril Islands, Russian Far East, turn to the East, Yury Trutnev
November 4, 2019 National Commentaries
An Indian Perspective

In September 2019, Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime minister to visit Russia’s Far East. He travelled to Vladivostok to give the keynote at the Eastern Economic […]

Tanvi Madan

"Belt and Road" Initiative, BRICS, Eastern Economic Forum, Eurasian Economic Union, free and open Indo-Pacific, Shanghai Cooperation Organization
November 4, 2019 Special Forum
Introduction

The breakdown in ROK-Japan relations in the second half of 2019 has sent shock waves across some countries and caused others to salivate about how their aspirations might […]

Gilbert Rozman

"Belt and Road" Initiative, 1965 Basic Treaty, comfort women, free and open Indo-Pacific, GSOMIA, Korea Fatigue, Korean War, US-ROK alliance
November 2, 2019 Special Forum
Japan

Without a doubt, Japan’s relations with South Korea are at one of the lowest points in the period since the normalization of relations in 1965. For some time […]

Sheila A. Smith

1965 Basic Treaty, comfort women, GSOMIA, March 1 Movement, white list