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March 19, 2020 Special Forum
Japan-US Relations with Extension to Japan’s Ties to Russia and China

The narratives of the end of the Cold War naturally start with the question of “what was the Cold War for Japan,” which, in turn, raises the question […]

Kazuhiko Togo

Abe Shinzo, Cold War, COVID-19, Donald Trump, Senkaku Islands, Vladmir Putin, WWII, Xi Jinping, Yasukuni Shrine
March 2, 2020 Open Forum
Washington Insights, Vol. 8, No. 1

The coronavirus originating in Wuhan cast a dark shadow on efforts to look ahead in East Asia. It kept China at the center of attention, while only reinforcing […]

Editorial Staff

"Belt and Road" Initiative, Coronavirus, free and open Indo-Pacific, GSOMIA, THAAD, Tokyo Olympics
January 23, 2020 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (January 2020)

An aura of bravado pervaded Russian publications at the end of 2019. Putin had succeeded in diplomacy around the world, reestablishing Moscow as a decisive voice in world […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

China-Japan-ROK summit, Greater Eurasia, GSOMIA, Moon-Xi summit, US-China trade war
December 31, 2019 Open Forum
Russian Commentary on South Korea in 2019

For the last three decades, since the breakup of the Soviet Union, the perception of South Korea in Russia has been generally positive. This has been true with […]

Artyom Lukin

Eastern Economic Forum, Finlandization, free and open Indo-Pacific, GSOMIA, Khasan-Rajin project, Korean wave, New Southern Policy, Nine Bridges Initiative
December 20, 2019 Country Reports
Country Report: China (December 2019)

In late 2019, Chinese analysts advocated for a Chinese conception of global governance to replace that previously put forward by the United States and the West. They urged […]

Danielle F. S. Cohen (assisted by Dong Jiaxin)

"Belt and Road" Initiative, community of common destiny, New Southern Policy, Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, THAAD, US-North Korean talks
December 10, 2019 Open Forum
Sino-Russian Local Relations: Heihe and Blagoveshchensk

Some argue that troubled cross-border relations defy extravagant claims made about Sino-Russian, such as that an alliance exists. Others argue that those ties have been troubled but have […]

Gaye Christoffersen

"Belt and Road" Initiative, Blagoveshchensk, China National Petroleum Corp, Gazprom, Heihe, Power of Siberia, Russian Far East, Silk Road Fund, Trans-Siberian Railroad
December 2, 2019 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (November 2019)

China was on Russian minds the most, relegating the Korean Peninsula to second among Asian interests. On the one hand, Putin’s announcement of Russia transferring its missile defense […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

"Belt and Road" Initiative, Eastern Economic Forum, Force of Siberia, free and open Indo-Pacific, INF Treaty, Nuclear non-proliferation, turn to the East
November 27, 2019 Open Forum
Washington Insights, Vol. 7, No. 6

Against the shadow of impeachment hearings, the DC think tank community waited on three big developments in the Indo-Pacific region. The Sino-US trade talks riveted the international community […]

Editorial Staff

"Belt and Road" Initiative, America First, China-South Korea-Japan summit, free and open Indo-Pacific, GSOMIA, RCEP, THAAD, Trans-Pacific Partnership, US-China trade war
November 19, 2019 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (December 2019)

On August 24 after Abe surpassed Sato Eisaku as the longest-serving postwar prime minister, Mainichi compared the foreign policies of the two. Sato secured the return of Okinawa […]

Editorial Staff

"Belt and Road" Initiative, free and open Indo-Pacific, GSOMIA, RCEP, SCO, THAAD, Trans-Pacific Partnership, US-China trade war
November 4, 2019 National Commentaries
A Russian Perspective

Since 2015 Russia has held meetings of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok as the principal window on its “Turn to the East.” The contents and direction […]

Ivan Zuenko

Eastern Economic Forum, Kuril Islands, Russian Far East, turn to the East, Yury Trutnev