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April 15, 2019 Open Forum
Explaining South Korea’s Sharp Shift in 2018 toward Japan

Japan-ROK relations stand at a great crossroads. What brought about this big test was the ruling issued in October 2018 by the South Korean Supreme Court on conscripted […]

Kimura Kan*

comfort women, conscripted labor, Dokdo /Takeshima, Kono Declaration, Rising Sun flag dispute, Yasukuni Shrine
April 2, 2019 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (March 2019)

Second US-DPRK Summit (Feb. 27-28) US President Donald Trump met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un again on February 27-28 in Vietnam, following their first historic summit in […]

Kim Kimberly

Foal Eagle, Hanoi summit, Kaesong Industrial Complex, Key Resolve, Mount Geumgang, Panmunjom Declaration, Pyongyang summit, Yongbyon
March 1, 2019 National Commentaries
A View from the United States

A powerful, animating ego is a prerequisite to success among national politicians, but US President Donald Trump takes self-confidence—and the blinders that come with it—to unprecedented heights. Characteristic […]

Brad Glosserman

FFVD, Hanoi summit, Nobel Peace Prize, Singapore Summit, Six-Party Talks, Thae Yong-ho
March 1, 2019 National Commentaries
A View from South Korea

Trump: Negotiator-in-Chief As US President Donald Trump wraps up his second meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un with the announcement of a major foreign policy victory, we […]

Lee Chung Min*

Hanoi summit, King Kojong, Munich Agreement, Singapore Summit, US-ROK alliance
March 1, 2019 National Commentaries
A View from Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo is a very lucky man.  Despite a plethora of scandals that have erupted since he took office for the second time as prime […]

Glen S. Fukushima

comfort women, Hanoi summit, Kurile Islands, Make America Great Again, Singapore Summit
February 27, 2019 Alternative Scenarios
Does Russia Have a Viable Strategy to Become an Independent Pole in Eurasia?

Editorial Staff

February 25, 2019 Open Forum
Washington Insights Vol. 7, No. 1

The first two months of 2019 have been an anxious time in DC, not only because of the suspense over government shutdowns but also because of the uncertainty […]

Editorial Staff

America First, code of conduct, free and open Indo-Pacific, Hanoi summit, Singapore Summit, TPP-11
February 21, 2019 Open Forum
North Korea’s Regional Integration: An Enduring Dilemma for China, South Korea, and the United States

North Korea’s integration into the regional community has emerged as a key point of realignment in Sino-South Korean relations since the 2016-2017 fallout over US Terminal High Altitude […]

See-Won Byun

AIIB, America First, New Northern Policy, One Belt One Road, Panmunjom Declaration, Sunshine Policy, THAAD, TPP
February 21, 2019 Country Reports
Country Report: China (February 2019)

In the winter of 2018–2019, Chinese experts assessed the Modi administration’s pursuit of closer maritime security ties with Southeast Asia and evaluated the weakening foundations of Chinese–Indian relations. […]

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

“One China”, Act East Policy, BRI, free and open Indo-Pacific, Indian Maritime Security Strategy, the Quad, TPP
February 14, 2019 Open Forum
The 1954 Geneva Conference on Korea: From Armistice to Stalemate

For fifty days in 1954, many of the Cold War’s preeminent figures met in Geneva to deal with “the Korean question,” how to reunite and bring peace to […]

Mark Tokola

Armistice, Geneva Conference, Kim Il-sung, Korean War, Syngman Rhee