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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
November 22, 2013 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (November 2013)

The Russian media kept its eye on areas around China’s borders, cautiously raising questions about clashing Russian and Chinese interests. In September the spotlight turned to Central Asia. […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

Anti-Americanism, Balanced diplomacy, economic regionalism, Iron Silk Road, Moscow-Beijing axis, Multipolarity, natural gas price, Southeast Asia, Vietnam
November 6, 2013 Open Forum
Synopsis of the Asan Seminar: “Managing ROK-US Relations”

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

Editorial Staff

Chuck Hagel, collective defense, Kurt Campbell, middle power, peace-loving Japan, public opinion, triangularity, Trustpolitik
November 6, 2013 Open Forum
ROK and US Views on the Foreign Policy of the Abe Administration

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

Bong Youngshik*

deference diplomacy, Dokdo /Takeshima, Japan-US alliance, mutual abandonment, Park Geun-hye, rebalancing’s impact, Shinzo Abe, Yasukuni
October 18, 2013 Topics of the Month
The ROK-US Alliance – 4

Progress amidst Problems: Readout of This Month’s ROK-US Annual Security Meeting Thanks to Secretary Chuck Hagel’s important visit to South Korea last week, the ROK-US alliance is on […]

Richard Weitz

Ballistic missile defense, Chuck Hagel, extended deferrence, Kim Kwan-jin, OPCON transfer, preemption, Special Measure Agreement
October 7, 2013 Topics of the Month
The ROK-US Alliance – 3

Defining Future Goals of the ROK-US Alliance During the Cold War era, South Korea anchored its security policy mainly to deterrence against the North Korean threat. The main […]

Chun Chaesung*

Alliance functions, regional security architecture, Reunification, Sino-US Relations
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
Chinese Strategic Thinking Regarding North Korea

In 2013, China is faced with the challenge of weighing the alternative goals of a favorable balance of power in Northeast Asia, a process of reunification on the […]

Cheng Xiaohe*

Balance of power, historical lessons, reunification conditions
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