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December 5, 2016 Open Forum
Washington Insights(Vol. 4, No. 6)

The autumn of 2016 has been tumultuous in Washington, DC. Whereas in October the old agenda was still under discussion, after Donald Trump won the presidential election the […]

Editorial Staff

Asia pivot, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Eastern Economic Forum, energy, Korean 2017 elections, Middle Power Diplomacy, Northeast Asia Peace and Cooperation Initiative, One Belt One Road, Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, sanctions, spheres of influence, Territorial Disputes, Trump administration, Ulaanbaatar Dialogue
November 30, 2016 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (November 2016)

Recently, domestic events have so dominated the news that foreign affairs coverage has been reduced to only occasional stories. The Trump election was an unavoidable theme. The aftermath […]

Editorial Staff

5th nuclear test, EDSCG, GSOMIA, KORUS FTA, Nuclear threat, offshore balancing, ROK-US Alliance, strategic patience, THAAD, Trump administration
November 1, 2016 Special Forum
Introduction

Park Geun-hye’s sober foreign policy choices in 2016 pointedly contrast with her much-lauded ambitions of 2014-2015. In this set of articles we make the comparisons, suggest reasons for […]

Editorial Staff

4th nuclear test, 5th nuclear test, bonanza, comfort women, Crimea, Eastern Economic Forum, Eurasian Economic Initiative, Northeast Asia Peace and Cooperation Initiative, South China Sea, THAAD, trilateralism, Trustpolitik, Ukraine
November 1, 2016 Special Forum
Growing Threats and Shifting Policies on the Korean Peninsula

President Park Geun-hye began her term in 2013 with high hopes, or at least plans for engaging North Korea to resolve the nuclear issue as well as appealing […]

Bruce Klingner

3rd nuclear test, 4th nuclear test, Denuclearization, Dresden Declaration, Kaesong Industrial Complex, Korean unification, landmine crisis, Sunshine Policy, THAAD, Trustpolitik, UN resolutions Six-Party Talks, UNSCR 2270
November 1, 2016 Special Forum
South Korea’s Realignment in 2016: Opportunities, Changes, and Challenges

Since its fourth nuclear test on January 6, 2015, North Korea has been showing off its nuclear capability to acquire the status of a nuclear state. Its parade […]

Shin Beomchul*

4thnuclear test, 5th nuclear test, AIIB, Denuclearization, GSOMIA, human rights, Kaesong Industrial Complex, Middle Power Diplomacy, Northeast Asia Peace and Cooperation Initiative, Park Geun-hye, Six-Party Talks, strategic patience, THAAD, Trust-building Process on the Korean Peninsula, Trustpolitik, UNSCR 2270
November 1, 2016 Special Forum
Synopsis of the Seoul Forum for International Affairs, September 23, 2016

In the early autumn of 2016, there were repeated seminars and exchanges in Seoul and Washington, DC on three interrelated topics: how to respond effectively to the North […]

Editorial Staff

4th nuclear test, 5th nuclear test, ASEAN, East Asia Summit, Eurasia Economic Union, G2, Maritime security, Maritime Silk Road, Nordpolitik, offshore balancing, One Belt One Road, RCEP, Silk Belt Economic Road, Sinocentrism, Six-Party Talks, South China Sea, strategic patience, THAAD, TPP, Trustpolitik
November 1, 2016 Special Forum
South Korean Domestic Support for the US Alliance

Both in Seoul and in Washington, the nature of the ROK-US alliance has become a hot topic. Not only the issues of THAAD and the South China Sea, […]

Woo Jung-Yeop*

1994 Agreed Framework, 2008 beef import protests, anti-American sentiment, axis of evil, Jeju naval base, Korean unification, KORUS FTA, Middle Power Diplomacy, nuclear proliferation, public opinion, ROK-US Alliance, South China Sea, Sunshine Policy, THAAD, USFK
November 1, 2016 Special Forum
Trilateralism and Realignment: Reassessing Three Triangles with South Korea

South Korea stands at the vortex of three geopolitical triangles and also in the shadow of the North Korean menace to regional stability. All of these trilateral configurations […]

Gilbert Rozman

5thnuclear test, comfort women, constitutional revisionism, Denuclearization, Eastern Economic Forum, Eurasia Economic Union, Eurasian Initiative, GSOMIA, Northeast Asia Peace and Cooperation Initiative, Park Geun-hye, Putin, rebalance to Asia, Russian Far East, Shinzo Abe, South China Sea, TPP, trilateralism, US election
October 26, 2016 Alternative Scenarios
Negative Scenario I

As Abe Shinzo proceeds at breakneck pace to reach a breakthrough with Vladimir Putin, at least five questions need to be addressed from the perspective of the United […]

Gilbert Rozman

four islands in a batch, G7, Multipolarity, Putin, Russian Far East, sanctions, Shinzo Abe, THAAD, two plus alpha
October 26, 2016 Alternative Scenarios
Breakthrough in Japan-Russia Relations and Advancing Regional Security

Editorial Staff