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January 25, 2014 Special Forum
National Identities, Historical Memories, and Reconciliation in Northeast Asia

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

Shin Gi-Wook*

Apology, Asian paradox, facilitating role, history question, joint history textbooks, reconciliation
January 25, 2014 Special Forum
Russia’s National Identity and Foreign Policy toward the Asia-Pacific

Questions of national identity and foreign policy are usually linked when it comes to discussing Russia’s ambivalent relationship to the West, and especially to Europe. However, Moscow’s growing […]

Marlene Laruelle

Anti-Americanism, Asia, civilization, disillusionment with Europe, Europeanness, Sinophilia, Sinophobia
January 25, 2014 Special Forum
A National Identity Approach to Japan’s Late 2013 Foreign Policy Thinking

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

Gilbert Rozman

Autonomy, civilizational entitlement, civilizational humiliation, realism, sovereignty, the rebalance
January 10, 2014 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (January 2014)

Japan was on Korean minds in the final months of 2013, occasionally interrupted by new reasons to recall North Korea’s looming presence. The year ended with less reason […]

Editorial Staff

Jang Song-Thaek, military influence, multilateralism, Park-Abe summit, political stability, Yasukuni Shrine
January 10, 2014 Open Forum
Power Shifts and Policy Dilemmas in Northeast Asia

At the beginning of a new year it should be useful to take a fresh look at the power posture of each of the major powers active in […]

Han Sung-Joo*

normal state, Rebalancing, tandem development, Trustpolitik
December 20, 2013 Topics of the Month
Japan-Russia Relations – 6

The monthly articles that I have been writing since July on Japan-Russia relations are at an end, and this is going to be my final contribution to the […]

Kazuhiko Togo

eco-tourism, fisheries, hikiwake meaning, historical literacy, joint rule, right of residence, Territorial agreement
December 20, 2013 Country Reports
Country Report: China (December 2013)

The escalating tensions with Japan have featured strongly in China’s traditional and online media in the past two months, but especially in recent weeks. China’s announcement of a […]

Editorial Staff

ADIZ, Diaoyu, Jang Song-Thaek, Joseph Biden, non-interference in internal affairs, Shinzo Abe
December 9, 2013 Open Forum
Washington Insights: Issue 3

With this issue we begin an addition to the Open Forum, reflecting on recent conferences and talks in Washington, DC and by high US officials on the themes […]

Editorial Staff

No. 1 ally, North Korea’s priority, principled realism, Trustpolitik, what is rebalancing, Who is No. 1
December 6, 2013 Open Forum
Japan’s “Smart” Strategic Engagement in Southeast Asia

After his recent visits to Cambodia and Laos, Abe Shinzo has become the first Japanese prime minister to visit the ten ASEAN countries within the first year of […]

Céline Pajon

liberal partner, maritime capacity building, multilateral security, security-oriented ODA, South China Sea, strategic comeback
December 6, 2013 Open Forum
Synopsis: The Asan Beijing Forum 2013 “Korea and China: Next 20 Years”

The Asan Institute recently held its inaugural forum in Beijing on Sino-Korean relations: “Korea and China: Next 20 Years.” The two-day forum drew participants from South Korea, China, […]

Editorial Staff

common history textbooks, competitive coexistence, helping North Korea develop, joint pressure on Japan, unbalanced regional order, unequal trade