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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
March 31, 2015 National Commentaries
A South Korean Perspective

  "Missile Defense on the Korean Peninsula"   A South Korean View on the Deployment of THAAD to the ROK   On March 16, Assistant Foreign Minister Liu […]

Woo Jung-Yeop*

ROK-US Alliance, THAAD
March 31, 2015 National Commentaries
A US Perspective

  "Missile Defense on the Korean Peninsula"   From Political Taboo to Strategic Hedge: A US Perspective on Ballistic Missile Defense   Ballistic missile defense (BMD) is both […]

Van Jackson

Asymmetry, ROK-US Alliance, strategic hedge, THAAD
March 18, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (March 2015)

Assessments of the Park administration’s foreign policy Marking the third year of the Park administration, criticism of her foreign policy grew more intense. On March 2, a Chosun […]

Editorial Staff

Asia-Pacific alliance, TPP, Wendy Sherman