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December 4, 2014 National Commentaries
A Japanese Perspective

http://www.palgrave.com/kr/book/9781137541703

Nakanishi Hiroshi*

Article 9, Asianism, collective self-defense, historical revisionism, Japan, nationalism, normalization, proactive pacifism, US
December 4, 2014 National Commentaries
A US Perspective

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

Admiral Dennis Blair

common history, historical reinterpretation, history textbook revisionism, localized history curriculum, national history curriculum
December 4, 2014 National Commentaries
A South Korean Perspective

http://www.palgrave.com/kr/book/9781137541703

Bong Youngshik*

Atlantic Security Community, eizoku haisen (state of permanent defeat), Japan, normalization, remembrance of colonial occupation, US-ROK security alliance, value-based/mutual identity-based military alliance
December 2, 2014 Topics of the Month
Civilizational Divides and Regional Confrontations – 4

Reading Kazuhiko Togo’s powerful piece on the dilemmas of Japan, one feels in a time warp. The echo of the 19th century’s choice of modernization with the adoption […]

François Godement

Authoritarian state capitalism, Crimea, defense spending, embattled twentieth century, strategic balance
December 1, 2014 Special Forum
Introduction: Five Pivots to Asia – Comparisons and Overall Impact

Leaders in five great powers have all announced some version of a “pivot to Asia.” In this Special Forum we juxtapose analyses of their initiatives. The introduction offers […]

Editorial Staff

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