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September 25, 2023 Country Reports · Japan
Country Report: Japan (September 2023)

Despite the supposed dog days of August, the summer news from Japan proved quite riveting. In July and August, alarm only heightened over the challenging security environment Japan […]

Editorial Staff

AUKUS, BRICS, Camp David, TPP, trilateralism
September 4, 2023 National Commentaries
A Perspective from China and Russia

Three commentaries matter most in the aftermath of August’s Camp David trilateral summit of the United States, Japan, and South Korea. What the three participants say, of course, […]

Gilbert Rozman

Camp David, New Cold War, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Sino-Russian Relations, trilateralism
July 3, 2023 Open Forum
Taking Stock: The Asan Forum at Age Ten

In the summer of 2013 a new, online journal began, based in Seoul, edited from Washington, DC, and dedicated to the study of international relations in the Indo-Pacific, […]

Gilbert Rozman

Country Reports, National Commentaries, Open Forums, Special Forums, The Asan Forum
May 8, 2023 Country Reports · Japan
Country Report: Japan (May 2023)

The early spring of 2023 proved to be a busy time for Japanese diplomacy. After hosting Yoon Suk-yeol on a historic reconciliation visit, Kishida Fumio outlined a new […]

Editorial Staff

CPTPP, free and open Indo-Pacific, G7, Taiwan, Ukraine War
April 18, 2023 National Commentaries
A South Korean Perspective

Analyses of President Yoon Suk-yeol’s foreign policy tend to focus on his government taking a tougher line toward North Korea relative to the engagement-focused approach of the preceding […]

Leif-Eric Easley

comfort women, Dokdo/Takeshima, GSOMIA, Indo-Pacific strategy, wartime labor
April 18, 2023 National Commentaries
A Japanese Perspective

Abe Shinzo was the most well-traveled prime minister in Japanese history. Abe sought to raise Japan’s stature in the world, support a rules-based global order, and cultivate person-to-person […]

Tom Le

comfort women, Dokdo/Takeshima, forced labor
April 18, 2023 National Commentaries
A US Perspective

South Korean efforts to realign its foreign policy to achieve its goal of being a “global pivotal state” are gaining momentum this spring through President Yoon Suk-yeol’s diplomatic […]

Scott Snyder

comfort women, Dokdo/Takeshima, forced labor, GSOMIA, Indo-Pacific strategy
April 12, 2023 Special Forum
Introduction

The articles in this special forum examine Japan’s foreign policy from three angles. The first provides an overview with a year-by-year breakdown for 2020-23. This is followed by […]

Editorial Staff

Indo-Pacific strategy, Taiwan, Ukraine War, US-China rivalry
March 13, 2023 Country Reports · Japan
Country Report: Japan (March 2023)

The winter of 2023 saw Kishida Fumio make a celebrated visit to Washington, while clarifying the new security strategy of Japan in the face of dangers from China, […]

Editorial Staff

NATO, Senkakus, trilateralism, Ukraine, US-China rivalry
January 3, 2023 Country Reports · Japan
Country Report: Japan (December 2022)

On December 28, Yomiuri looked back at 2022, naming Russia’s invasion of Ukraine the No. 1 overseas news and the resulting spike in oil prices No. 6. The […]

Editorial Staff

free and open Indo-Pacific, NATO, Taiwan, Ukraine