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December 9, 2014 Open Forum
The New Fulcrum of Asia: The Indo-Japan Entente and the Rise of China

A new and potentially pivotal alignment of India and Japan is forming in response to China’s rise. This still informal security and military partnership implicitly premised on countering […]

John W. Garver

1962 War, Abe Shinzo, Arms sales, India, military exercises, ODA, Security alignment, war memories
December 4, 2014 National Commentaries
A Japanese Perspective

http://www.palgrave.com/kr/book/9781137541703

Nakanishi Hiroshi*

Article 9, Asianism, collective self-defense, historical revisionism, Japan, nationalism, normalization, proactive pacifism, US
December 4, 2014 National Commentaries
A US Perspective

This article is available in hardcopy & eBook format at the following site: http://www.palgrave.com/kr/book/9781137541703

Admiral Dennis Blair

common history, historical reinterpretation, history textbook revisionism, localized history curriculum, national history curriculum
December 4, 2014 National Commentaries
A South Korean Perspective

http://www.palgrave.com/kr/book/9781137541703

Bong Youngshik*

Atlantic Security Community, eizoku haisen (state of permanent defeat), Japan, normalization, remembrance of colonial occupation, US-ROK security alliance, value-based/mutual identity-based military alliance
December 1, 2014 Special Forum
Introduction: Five Pivots to Asia – Comparisons and Overall Impact

Leaders in five great powers have all announced some version of a “pivot to Asia.” In this Special Forum we juxtapose analyses of their initiatives. The introduction offers […]

Editorial Staff

December 1, 2014 Special Forum
China’s Eurasian Pivot

Since President Xi Jinping came into office, China has been actively pivoting to the vast expanses of Eurasia, particularly reflected in the strengthening of Beijing’s engagement with its […]

Zhang Xiaotong*

AIIB, Eurasian Economic Union, Marching Westwards, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Silk Road Economic Belt
December 1, 2014 Special Forum
China’s Views and Responses to Multilateral Talks in Pacific Asia

In November 2014, at the 25th APEC summit in Beijing, President Xi Jinping announced the USD 40 billion Silk Road Infrastructure Fund, raising awareness of China’s new regional […]

Min Ye

ASEAN centrality, New Silk Road Strategy, Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, Trans-Pacific Partnership, US rebalance
December 1, 2014 Special Forum
The Russian Pivot to Asia

Vladimir Putin’s “turn to the East” (povorot na Vostok) greatly intensified in 2014. Of the various pivots to Asia it is one of the most controversial, but, at […]

Gilbert Rozman

APEC summit, Eurasian Economic Union, Eurasianism, Russian Far East Development, Silk Road Economic Belt, turn to the East
November 21, 2014 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (November 2014)

Russian articles on Russia’s “turn to the East” are full of confidence, concentrate on the big picture, and constantly repeat assumptions hardened over the previous half-year. Rather than […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

BRICS, India, international relations framework, Russo-Japanese relations, Southeast Asia, turn to the East
November 10, 2014 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (November 2014)

South Korean newspapers have recently focused on parallels in international relations. As they follow developments in Ukraine and Hong Kong and keep their gaze on North Korea, they […]

Editorial Staff

Agreed Framework, Civilizations, Hong Kong, Regionalism, reorganization of Asia, THAAD, Ukraine