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October 12, 2015 National Commentaries
The South Korean Perspective

"The Challenge for Park’s Summit with Obama after Abe’s Summit."   As President Park Geun-hye prepares for her meeting with President Barack Obama on October 16, her visit […]

Lee Chung Min*

China's military parade, Japan-US alliance, Japanese SDF, National security, North Korea, Sino-ROK Relations
October 12, 2015 National Commentaries
The Japanese Perspective

"The Challenge for Park’s Summit with Obama after Abe’s Summit."   The most important factor we need to consider in directing our attention in East Asia to developments […]

Kazuhiko Togo

Article 9, CJK summit, National security, normal state, US security
October 12, 2015 National Commentaries
The US Perspective

"The Challenge for Park’s Summit with Obama after Abe’s Summit."   Positive US responses to Abe’s defense and history initiatives leave South Korea’s Japan policy in limbo. The […]

Larry A. Niksch

Balancing China, Japan-US alliance, Japanese SDF, National security
October 7, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (October 2015)

The shadow of history hung over Japan in the late summer as Abe’s statement was debated, the seventieth anniversary of the war’s end passed on August 15, and […]

Editorial Staff

Economic Relations, History Wars, National security, North Korea, Post-Cold War, ROK-Sino alliance, Russo-Sino alliance
September 24, 2015 Alternative Scenarios
Scenario of China’s Fault

In March 2015, Premier Li Keqiang gave a press conference following the conclusion of the annual National People’s Congress, in which he explained that China’s relationship with Japan […]

Amy King

CCP, Economic Relations, National identity, Re-Remember, Regionalism
September 23, 2015 Open Forum
Washington Insights (Vol. 3, No. 5)

Four events drove discussions in DC in the normally quiet weeks of late summer. First, there was the Abe statement and the implications of historical memories for bilateral […]

Editorial Staff

History Wars, Japan-US relations, Nationalism Security, Obama-Abe summit, Regionalism, ROK-Sino Relations
September 23, 2015 Alternative Scenarios
Positive Scenario II: Optimism amidst Doubts for China and Its International Behavior

On the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of the end of WWII, China’s much expected military parade of September 3 was held in Beijing. After all, China, the […]

Ren Xiao*

China-Japan-South Korea summit, National identity, One Belt One Road, Regionalism
September 18, 2015 Alternative Scenarios
Scenario of Japan’s Fault

As the fiftieth anniversary of Japan’s defeat in the Asia-Pacific War approached in the summer of 1995, the Japanese Diet debated a resolution, which, it was hoped, would […]

Tessa Morris-Suzuki

Abe Statement, History problem, National identity, Regionalism
September 18, 2015 Alternative Scenarios
History Will Continue to Haunt Japan’s Relations with China

In 2015, history has cast a darker shadow on Japan’s relations with China than at any time since normalization of relations in 1972. This was the seventieth anniversary […]

Editorial Staff

September 10, 2015 Alternative Scenarios
Negative Scenario II: Problems Are Structural

On September 3, Beijing’s sky was “parade blue.” It was a rare day when the US embassy index indicated that the air quality was “good.” Following the “APEC […]

Takahara Akio*

70th Anniversary, National identity, nationalism