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June 11, 2015 Special Forum
Option 1: Enhancing Military Deterrence

In the face of the intensifying threat from North Korea, the option that should be foremost in the strategic calculus of South Koreans is enhancing their country’s capacity […]

Hong Kyudok*

KAMD, Kill-Chain, MRL
June 11, 2015 Special Forum
Option 2: Strengthening the ROK-US Alliance

*The views expressed in this report are the author’s alone and do not represent the official position of the Department of the Navy, the Department of Defense, or […]

Terence Roehrig

OPCON transfer, ROK-US Alliance, THAAD
June 11, 2015 Special Forum
Option 3: Reclaiming Diplomatic Ownership

During the more than five centuries of the Yi dynasty (1392-1910), Korea practiced one-dimensional diplomacy; it had only to take care of its tributary relationship with China. Within […]

Choi YJ*

AIIB, multidimensional diplomacy, Sino-US Relations, TPP
June 11, 2015 Special Forum
Option 4: Resuming the Six-Party Talks

The Korean Peninsula has been divided for over seventy years, and there is no sign that the division will end any time soon. The ROK and the DPRK […]

Cheng Xiaohe*

NAPCI, Sino-ROK Relations, Six-Party Talks
June 11, 2015 Special Forum
Option 5: Rethinking Middle Power Diplomacy

Since the Cold War, South Korea has never been in a lonelier position as four great powers and North Korea have appeared to bypass it in their “pivots” […]

Gilbert Rozman

Eurasian Initiative, hedging, MIKTA, NAPCI, Trustpolitik, US-Japan-ROK Trilateralism
May 19, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (May 2015)

The Park administration’s diplomatic strategy was tested in the last two months concerning AIIB and Japan. On AIIB, while Seoul kept silent about its decision before joining as […]

Editorial Staff

AIIB, historical revisionism, Kono Statement, THAAD
May 15, 2015 National Commentaries
A US Perspective

  "Reading Abe’s Washington Visit"   A View from Washington   Prime Minister Abe Shinzo’s visit to Washington produced major developments in Japan-US relations, particularly security relations. A […]

Larry A. Niksch

historical revisionism, Korea Fatigue, normal nation, trilateral cooperation
May 15, 2015 National Commentaries
A Japanese Perspective

  "Reading Abe’s Washington Visit"   A View from Tokyo   Prime Minister Abe Shinzo’s visit to the United States drew widespread praise in both Tokyo and Washington, […]

Kazuhiko Togo

China’s rise, collective self-defense, historical revisionism, Korea Fatigue, TPP
May 15, 2015 National Commentaries
A South Korean Perspective

  "Reading Abe’s Washington Visit"   A View from Seoul   From the standpoint of what Prime Minister Abe Shinzo and President Barack Obama wanted to achieve during […]

Lee Chung Min*

China’s rise, comfort women, historical revisionism, Kono Statement, territorial issues
April 30, 2015 Open Forum
Synopsis of the Asan Plenum 2015: Is the U.S. Back?

[Agenda] The overall theme, “Is the U.S. Back?” provided the context for discussing in various panels timely issues concerning international relations in East Asia. Given the stress on […]

Editorial Staff

AIIB, Cyberwar, Russian Pivot to Asia, Sino-US Relations