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June 1, 2020 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (June 2020)

The spring of 2020 saw a downturn in Sino-Japanese relations, which were now embroiled in the pandemic war of words, with little else on the foreign policy radar. […]

Editorial Staff

"Belt and Road" Initiative, Cold War, COVID-19, Northern Territories, Senkaku Islands, Wolf Warrior Diplomacy
April 22, 2020 Country Reports
Country Report: China (April 2020)

As 2020 began, Chinese authors were busy not only summing up the far-reaching results of 2019 but also putting them in broad analytical perspective. China’s other bilateral relations […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Dong Jiaxin*)

"Belt and Road" Initiative, Cold War, community of common destiny, COVID-19, Six-Party Talks, Xi Jinping
April 13, 2020 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (April 2020)

Geopolitics were not high on the media’s attention list in the first months of 2020; we need to look back a little to capture the state of the […]

Editorial Staff

Abe-Putin summit, COVID-19, GSOMIA, Senkakus, Shinzo Abe, Tokyo Olympics
March 23, 2020 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (March 2020)

In February 2020, the South Korean government tackled the coronavirus outbreak, also known as COVID-19. Following the diagnosis of “patient 31” in Daegu, the virus spread rapidly, and […]

Yumi Ko

Coronavirus, COVID-19, Korea-phobia, Special Measures Agreement, THAAD, Three nos
March 19, 2020 Special Forum
Introduction

As we awaken to alarm bells that this year has the potential to be transformative—a pandemic, a jolt to energy markets amidst climate change, the arrival of 5G, […]

Editorial Staff

Abe Shinzo, Cold War, COVID-19, Donald Trump, Moon Jae-in, Vladmir Putin, WWII, Xi Jinping
March 19, 2020 Special Forum
Sino-ROK Relations on the 75th Anniversary of the End of WWII

Beijing and Seoul have experienced ups and downs in their relationship over the thirty years since the end of the Cold War. At times, such as when President […]

Gilbert Rozman

Cheonan Incident, Cold War, COVID-19, Kim Jong-un, Koguryo dispute, Moon Jae-in, THAAD, US-ROK alliance, WWII, Xi Jinping
March 2, 2020 Open Forum
Washington Insights, Vol. 8, No. 1

The coronavirus originating in Wuhan cast a dark shadow on efforts to look ahead in East Asia. It kept China at the center of attention, while only reinforcing […]

Editorial Staff

"Belt and Road" Initiative, Coronavirus, free and open Indo-Pacific, GSOMIA, THAAD, Tokyo Olympics
February 6, 2020 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (February 2020)

Ahead of Xi Jinping’s anticipated visit in spring, one might have expected Japan to be in an upbeat mood toward China, as was the case in advance of […]

Editorial Staff

"Belt and Road" Initiative, "Hate Korea”, China-Japan-ROK summit, free and open Indo-Pacific, GSOMIA, RCEP, Tsai Ing-wen
February 6, 2020 Country Reports
Country Report: China (February 2020)

As 2019 ended, Xi Jinping’s relations with neighboring leaders drew scrutiny. Whereas over the past year his ties to Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin often captured the spotlight, […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Dong Jiaxin*)

"Belt and Road" Initiative, “New India”, China-Japan-ROK summit, free and open Indo-Pacific, Moon-Xi summit, SCO, US-China trade war
January 23, 2020 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (January 2020)

In December 2019, tensions increased on the Korean Peninsula as North Korea’s self-imposed year-end deadline approached. North Korea conducted two rocket engine tests at Tongchang-ri to pressure the […]

Yumi Ko

byungjin policy, GSOMIA, Moon-Xi summit, Mount Paektu, Strait of Hormuz, US-ROK alliance