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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
Russian Strategic Thinking Regarding North Korea

For Russia the DPRK is not a normal state. The two facts that it is one of Russia’s nearest neighbors and it was founded by the Soviet Union […]

Alexander Lukin

priority of nuclear issue, Putin’s impact, soft position on pressure, Soviet approach, views of experts and politicians, views on unification
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
August 21, 2013 Topics of the Month
Japan-Russia Relations – 2

Two commentaries were made by Iwashita Akihiro and Konstantin Sarkisov, both long-time experts on Japan-Russia relations whom I respect. Iwashita’s comments are mostly related to the evaluation of […]

Kazuhiko Togo

Alexander Panov, Hashimoto Ryutaro, International relations theory, Kawana proposal, Putin, Shinzo Abe, Yeltsin
August 2, 2013 Open Forum
Negotiations between Japan and USSR/Russia on the Northern Territories: Lessons for the Abe-Putin Renewal of Talks

Many may be so weary of talk about negotiations on the territorial dispute between Tokyo and Moscow as nothing more than a broken record that they will be […]

Kazuhiko Togo

1956 Joint Declaration, Abe Shinzo, Investment, Natural Gas, Peace Treaty, Territorial Negotiations, Vladimir Putin
July 19, 2013 Special Forum
Cold War in Asia? China, Russia, and Asian Security

Although the Cold War ended by 1991, commentators, experts, and others repeatedly invoke this metaphor at any sign of great power tension. 1 Since the United States and […]

Stephen Blank

Arms Race, Central Asia, Cold War, India, New Cold War, Sino-Russian Relations, Southeast Asia
July 19, 2013 Country Reports
Country Report: China (July 2013)

Country Report: China (with the assistance of Pang Zengjun) China’s newspapers, especially Global Times in its English edition, attracted increased attention in the first half of 2013 for […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Pang Zengjun)

Sino-Indian Relations, Sino-Japanese Relations, Sino-Russian Relations, Sinocentrism, Xi-Obama Summit, Xi-Park Summit
July 19, 2013 Topics of the Month
Japan-Russia Relations – 1

Abe’s Visit to Moscow: Can It Become the Beginning of an End? Prime Minister Abe Shinzo’s visit to Moscow on April 28-30, 2013, can generally be considered a […]

Kazuhiko Togo

1956 Joint Declaration, Abe Shinzo, Investment, Natural Gas, Peace Treaty, Territorial Negotiations, Vladimir Putin