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May 23, 2014 Special Forum
Multilateralism in East Asia: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

In his masterpiece, “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,” Italian film director Sergio Leone constructed a surreal cinematic space through microscopic close-ups of his movie characters juxtaposed […]

Jochen Prantl

East Asia, EU, formal-informal continuum, global-regional next, great power management, layered hierarchy of states, the state as market actor
May 16, 2014 Open Forum
Washington Insights: May 2014 (Part 2)

This is the second of two parts of this issue’s Washington Insights. It provides a synopsis of a panel discussion on March 29 at the annual meetings in […]

Editorial Staff

Alliance triangle, core regional triangle, North Korea diplomacy triangle, northern alliance triangle, Ukraine
May 9, 2014 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (May 2014)

President Barack Obama’s late April visits to Asian countries were assessed in Korean papers as an attempt to make the “pivot” to Asia more sophisticated with special emphasis […]

Editorial Staff

China and Six-Party Talks, Sino-ROK mutual assistance on history issue, Ukraine crisis and North Korea, US-Japan alliance and the pivot
May 9, 2014 Open Forum
Synopsis of the Asan Plenum: “Future of History,” April 22-23, 2014

  Asan Plenum 2014 Agenda: File Download Dark shadows hung over this year’s Asan Plenum. Wearing yellow ribbons and also observing moments of silence, the participants were in […]

Gilbert Rozman

Cold War analogy, Foreign Minister Yun Byonse, hyper nationalism, mutual trust, return of history, Security dilemma
April 30, 2014 Topics of the Month
The “China Dream”

When Ming Wan led our Topics of the Month discussion about the “China Dream,” many were uncertain about what this concept means for international relations and how does […]

Editorial Staff

China Dream, Japan Dream, New type of great power relations, Sinocentrism
April 30, 2014 Topics of the Month
Update on Japan-Russia Relations

From July to December 2013, Topics of the Month carried a series of statements by Togo Kazuhiko and rejoinders on Japan-Russia relations. In the month of April 2014 […]

Editorial Staff

Asianism, energy, Igor Sechin, Ukraine
April 30, 2014 Country Reports
Country Report: China (April 2014)

Chinese writings in the past two months reveal a somewhat restrained, but dark, tone about regional security dynamics, especially with regard to China-Japan and China-US relations. The nationalistic […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Dong Jiaxin*)

Central Asia, China-US-ROK triangle, Economic Interdependence, Japan-Taiwan relations, Japan's defense strategy, Korean Peninsula, new type of major power relations, Regional security framework, Taiwan, Ukraine, US threat to DPRK, Vietnam
April 15, 2014 Topics of the Month
Sino-US Relations – 4

Assessing US-China Relations: How We Should Not Misread China?   On March 25, 2014, President Xi Jinping met President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the third Nuclear […]

Wang Dong*

ADIZ, freedom of navigation, Philippines, Ren'ai Reef, self-righteousness, South China Sea, vital US interests
April 11, 2014 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (April 2014)

February and March 2014 saw Japan much more isolated than at any point since the US occupation, but the shallowness and myopia of Japan’s media coverage stood out […]

Editorial Staff

Abe Shinzo, international society, Park Geun-hye, public opinion war, reparations, trilateral summit, Ukraine
April 11, 2014 Open Forum
Russo-Chinese Relations in Strategic Perspective

Russian and Chinese leaders regularly profess an ever-growing congruence of interests and ever-increasing economic, political, and even military cooperation. According to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in October 2013, […]

Stephen Blank

Arms sales, Asymmetry, energy, junior partner, Sochi Olympics, Ukraine, Ukrainian invasion, Vietnam