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October 7, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (October 2015)

The shadow of history hung over Japan in the late summer as Abe’s statement was debated, the seventieth anniversary of the war’s end passed on August 15, and […]

Editorial Staff

Economic Relations, History Wars, National security, North Korea, Post-Cold War, ROK-Sino alliance, Russo-Sino alliance
September 23, 2015 Alternative Scenarios
Positive Scenario II: Optimism amidst Doubts for China and Its International Behavior

On the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of the end of WWII, China’s much expected military parade of September 3 was held in Beijing. After all, China, the […]

Ren Xiao*

China-Japan-South Korea summit, National identity, One Belt One Road, Regionalism
September 17, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (September 2015)

Three themes concerning relations in Northeast Asia preoccupied the South Korean media in the late summer. Before and after the Abe statement, there was considerable interest in dealing […]

Editorial Staff

8.25 Agreement, Abe Statement, National security, Regionalism, Sino-ROK Relations
August 18, 2015 Open Forum
Striking the Twenty-first Century Trade Agreement: The Case of Intellectual Property in the Trans-Pacific Partnership and US-Northeast Asian Economic Relations

Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations are reaching their final stage. There is a good chance that they will be concluded within a month or two. While this economic pact […]

June Park

Economic Relations, Intellectual property, Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights agreement, Trans-Pacific Partnership
August 13, 2015 Open Forum
Washington Insights (Vol. 3, No. 4)

The Cold War era is looking different from before in hindsight of the 2010s. The key breakthroughs in bilateral relations now seem less transformative, even to a degree […]

Editorial Staff

Abe-Obama summit, Japan-US relations, Regionalism, Sino-ROK Relations, unification
August 13, 2015 Open Forum
Grand Strategy for South Korea? An Overview

All countries need a grand strategy. This is particularly true for the countries located in Northeast Asia. For the Republic of Korea (ROK), the nation’s geopolitical position, the […]

Han Sung-Joo*

Japan-US relations, National security, Sino-Russian Relations, trust-building
August 3, 2015 National Commentaries
A South Korean Commentary

"The Iran Nuclear Deal and the North Korean Nuclear Issue"   The nuclear deal reached in Vienna on July 14 between Iran and the six world powers, the […]

Chun Yungwoo*

IAEA, National security, September 19 Joint Statement of 2005, Six-Party, Talks
July 17, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (July 2015)

With the seventieth anniversary of the end of the war and the division of the Korean Peninsula coming up in August, diplomatic challenges continued, especially in South Korea’s […]

Editorial Staff

Middle Power Diplomacy, National security, OPCON, Regionalism, The China Paradox
June 18, 2015 Review Article
‘The Japan-South Korea Identity Clash: East Asian Security and the United States’

  Brad Glosserman and Scott A. Snyder, The Japan-South Korea Identity Clash: East Asian Security and the United States, (New York: Columbia University Press, 2015). As we approach […]

Sharon Yoon

historical revisionism, reconciliation, Shinzo Abe
June 11, 2015 Special Forum
Introduction: Decomposing and Assessing South Korea’s Hedging Options

Increasingly scholars have opined that South Korea’s response vis-à-vis a rebalancing United States and a resurgent China—like that of other Asian states (except Japan and the Philippines)—is neither […]

Kuik Cheng-Chwee*

hedging, ROK-Sino Relations