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December 1, 2014 Special Forum
China’s Views and Responses to Multilateral Talks in Pacific Asia

In November 2014, at the 25th APEC summit in Beijing, President Xi Jinping announced the USD 40 billion Silk Road Infrastructure Fund, raising awareness of China’s new regional […]

Min Ye

ASEAN centrality, New Silk Road Strategy, Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, Trans-Pacific Partnership, US rebalance
December 1, 2014 Special Forum
When Big Powers Pivot, the Little States Roll: Southeast Asia Between China and Japan

The announcement by President Xi Jinping of the “Asia-Pacific Dream” at the start of the APEC summit in Beijing has been seen by many as China’s latest attempt […]

Christopher R. Hughes

December 1, 2014 Special Forum
The Russian Pivot to Asia

Vladimir Putin’s “turn to the East” (povorot na Vostok) greatly intensified in 2014. Of the various pivots to Asia it is one of the most controversial, but, at […]

Gilbert Rozman

APEC summit, Eurasian Economic Union, Eurasianism, Russian Far East Development, Silk Road Economic Belt, turn to the East
November 21, 2014 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (November 2014)

Russian articles on Russia’s “turn to the East” are full of confidence, concentrate on the big picture, and constantly repeat assumptions hardened over the previous half-year. Rather than […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

BRICS, India, international relations framework, Russo-Japanese relations, Southeast Asia, turn to the East
November 9, 2014 Topics of the Month
Civilizational Divides and Regional Confrontations – 3

Both Gilbert Rozman and Francois Godement’s articles are stimulating and instructive, and it is a pleasure for me to follow up the debate. Issues raised by Rozman are […]

Kazuhiko Togo

deterrence, dialogue, Japanese identity, Japanese-Europe dialogue, Russian identity, Ukraine civilization
October 29, 2014 Country Reports
Country Report: China (October 2014)

Ukraine (Russia), South Korea, India and, as usual, Japan attracted keen attention for their potential to alter the geopolitical environment in Asia. Ukraine’s significance is its impact on […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Dong Jiaxin*)

Civilizations, hegemonism, India, Look East policy, New Cold War, new defense guidelines, Ukraine, US-ROK alliance
October 29, 2014 Review Article
Civilizational Polarization and Japan

This article is available in hardcopy & eBook format at the following site: http://www.palgrave.com/kr/book/9781137541703

Gilbert Rozman

Civilizations, comfort women, Constitutionalism, Hong Kong, polarization, right of collective self-defense, secrecy law, Ukraine
October 21, 2014 Topics of the Month
Japanese Politics Concerning Collective Self-Defense – 3

This article is available in hardcopy & eBook format at the following site: http://www.palgrave.com/kr/book/9781137541703

Hosoya Yuichi*

October 20, 2014 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (October 2014)

Hopes for Japanese diplomacy had grown faint in the late summer of 2014. Russian relations had stalled, as Russia flexed its muscles with rare military exercises on the […]

Editorial Staff

ASEAN Asian dream, comfort women, Eurasian diplomacy, Japanese Abductees, Northern Territories, Putin’s visit, sanctions, Thailand, Ukraine, US pressure
October 17, 2014 Special Forum
Sino-Japanese Competition and Its Multilateral Implications

While eyes are fixed on the Sino-US competition in East Asia, there is also a competition for influence between China and Japan. In the decade of the 2000s, […]

Editorial Staff

demonization, India, multilateralism, Southeast Asia, Territorial Disputes, triangular relations, Vietnam