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October 18, 2013 Topics of the Month
Japan-Russia Relations – 4

September and early October have been relatively calm months, but nevertheless, both in international events and in the rejoinders that we have received in this forum, there were […]

Kazuhiko Togo

2+2 Meetings, 70th Anniversary of World War II, no visa system, Putin, Putin’s image in Japan, Russian Foreign Ministry, Shinzo Abe, the China card
October 18, 2013 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (October 2013)

As opponents of “collective defense” at home and abroad warned that Japan would start on the same path that led it to war in the twentieth century, Kitaoka […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Iwaki Shigeyuki*)

Ahn Jung-geun, Chinese “new thinking”, debate over China, Park Geun-hye, Sino-Japan comparisons, South Korea=China
October 7, 2013 Open Forum
Introduction to the Open Forum

In this issue of the Open Forum we present the case for China from three points of view. Ren Xiao elaborates on what China’s leaders mean by the […]

Editorial Staff

China’s rise, dichotomy of economics and security, economics vs. geopolitics, historical legacy, idealism scrutinized, militarism, New type of great power relations, US as troublemaker, US mindset
October 7, 2013 Special Forum
Introduction to Special Forum on Strategic Thinking about North Korea

North Korea has been discussed widely, especially since Kim Jong-un took the reins after Kim Jong-il’s death. Yet, not often is it considered to be a subject of […]

Editorial Staff

Denuclearization, infographics, Putin’s pivot, regional balance of power, Reunification, Sino-US cooperation, Sinocentrism, testing US alliances, triangles
October 7, 2013 Special Forum
South Korea’s Strategic Thinking on North Korea and Beyond

For more than six decades, South Korea has coped with one of the most enduring geopolitical asymmetries in the world, namely, the South-North conundrum on the Korean Peninsula. […]

Lee Chung Min*

hybrid security template, need for security guidance, North Korea, North Korea challenges, opinion surveys, polarized worldviews
October 7, 2013 Special Forum
North Korea in Japan’s Strategic Thinking

Through the repeated cycles of North Korean missile and nuclear testing, negotiations, and sanctions that have characterized international reaction to Pyongyang’s proliferation, Japan has gradually lost ground it […]

Sheila A. Smith

Alliance challenges, Japanese Abductees, military strategy, missile threat
October 7, 2013 National Commentaries
Japanese Perspective: Complacency and Indecisiveness in Japan’s New One-Party Dominance and Foreign Policy

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

Nakano Koichi*

Abe Shinzo, complacency, indecisiveness, LDP fragility, one-party dominance, US response to rightward drift
October 4, 2013 Country Reports
Country Report: China (October 2013)

Chinese writings on international relations in the Asia-Pacific region continue to be the most prolific and informative in comparison to Japanese, Korean, and Russian writings. Despite censorship and […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Pang Zengjun)

Bipolarity, economic regionalims, equal dialogue with US, India, Japan’s threat, North Korean buffer, Park Geun-hye, SCO, seapower, Shinzo Abe, Sino-Russian alliance
September 17, 2013 Topics of the Month
Japan-Russia Relations – 3

This is a quiet time in Japan-Russia relations without any indication of a transformative event ahead. Further contacts are arranged without drawing much attention. We need to look […]

Kazuhiko Togo

Abe Shinzo, Alexander Panov, Irkutsk agreement, Kunadze interview, Peace Treaty, Sato Masaru, Shigeta Hiroshi
September 16, 2013 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (September 2013)

Russia’s thirst for multipolarity on terms that would not require reconsideration of its assumptions about countries active in East Asia was on vivid display through the summer. Hopes […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

ASEAN, China alliance, Cold war school, Collective system of security, Evgenyi Bazhanov, Gleb Ivashentsov, Multipolarity, Putin