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January 4, 2020 Alternative Scenarios
Negative Scenario II

2019, which began with high hopes for progress in nuclear talks, is coming to an end amid escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Contrary to expectations, there was […]

Jina Kim

ICBM, Trump-Kim summit, US-ROK alliance, wartime operational control, Worker’s Party
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 28, 2019 Open Forum
Chinese Economic Coercion during the THAAD Dispute

While the US-China trade war has dominated geoeconomic discussions in 2019, great power rivalry is far from the only domain in which economic instruments are being used in […]

Darren J. Lim

economic coercion, Economic Interdependence, exit costs, geoeconomics, Lotte, Made in China 2025, THAAD, Three noes
December 9, 2019 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (November 2019)

Through the fall, Seoul’s relationship with Tokyo has been at its nadir, but relations with both Pyongyang and Washington have also been deeply troubled. While conservative and progressive […]

Kim Kimberly

CVID, GSOMIA, Mount Geumgang, Pyongyang Declaration, Special Measures Agreement, Trump-Kim summit, US-ROK alliance
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 Special Forum
Introduction

The breakdown in ROK-Japan relations in the second half of 2019 has sent shock waves across some countries and caused others to salivate about how their aspirations might […]

Gilbert Rozman

"Belt and Road" Initiative, 1965 Basic Treaty, comfort women, free and open Indo-Pacific, GSOMIA, Korea Fatigue, Korean War, US-ROK alliance
November 2, 2019 Special Forum
Japan

Without a doubt, Japan’s relations with South Korea are at one of the lowest points in the period since the normalization of relations in 1965. For some time […]

Sheila A. Smith

1965 Basic Treaty, comfort women, GSOMIA, March 1 Movement, white list
November 2, 2019 Special Forum
South Korea

This article focuses on the case of anti-Korean sentiment and the rise of an ultranationalist “netizen” (a citizen of the Internet) movement in Japan—a topic which resonates particularly […]

Sharon Yoon

"Hate Korea”, anti-Koreanism, comfort women, netizen movement, Zainichi, Zaitokukai