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March 28, 2014 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (March 2014)

Russia’s writings on Asia over the past two months included much on Russia’s pivot toward the Asia-Pacific, its relations with Japan, and its approach toward the Korean Peninsula. […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

debate on DPRK, economic integration, priority of Southeast Asia, Russia's pivot, Russian Far East development and security, Southeast Asia, Southeast Asia US World domination, Ukraine
March 25, 2014 National Commentaries
President Obama and Japan-South Korean Relations

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

Sheila A. Smith

Kono Statement, Malaysia, Nuclear Security Summit, Philippines, TPP, Visiting Forces Agreement, wartime compensation
March 25, 2014 National Commentaries
Rebalancing and Entanglement: America’s Dilemma in East Asia

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

Fujiwara Kiichi*

March 25, 2014 National Commentaries
Circling the Square: History and Alliance Management

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

Lee Chung Min*

50th Anniversary of Normalization, Abe Shinzo, historical revisionism, Park Geun-hye, public opinion, trilateral summit
March 21, 2014 Topics of the Month
TPP – 3

In the two months since my original article for The Asan Forum, TPP appears to have stalled. News reports of the most recent negotiating round, as well as […]

William W. Grimes

Automobile tariffs, Economic integrations, market-distorting institutions, TPP, Trade Promotion Authority (TPA)
March 21, 2014 Topics of the Month
Sino-US Relations – 3

Obama’s Trip to Asia—How to Deal with China in the “Gray Zone”   President Obama’s visit next month to four East Asian allies and partners almost certainly will […]

Robert Sutter

Anti-submarine warfare, gray zone, rebalance, salami slicing, Second Thomas Shoal, security integration, Southeast Asia
March 21, 2014 Review Article
‘Sino-Japanese Relations after the Cold War: Two Tigers Sharing a Mountain’

Michael Yahuda, Sino-Japanese Relations after the Cold War: Two tigers Sharing a Mountain (London: Routledge: 2013) Bilateral relations between pairs of Northeast Asian countries—China, Japan, and South Korea– […]

Audrye Wong

Balancing, hedging, Security dilemma, triangularity
March 21, 2014 Special Forum
Introduction to the Special Forum: March

The discourse employed in China to control the narrative on domestic and global issues has long attracted special attention. Confucian tradition placed fundamental importance on the “rectification of […]

Editorial Staff

core values, cultural security, discourse duality, Set expressions
March 21, 2014 Special Forum
Domestic Factors in China’s International Relations Discourse: Chinese Debates on the Role of Public Opinion

Two contrasting perspectives have been featured in recent years about the role of domestic public opinion in China’s foreign policy making. On the one hand, the bottom-up viewpoint […]

Maria Repnikova

Censorship, public opinion, quality, voluntary 50-centers
March 21, 2014 Special Forum
China’s New Foreign Policy: Transformations and Challenges Reflected in Changing Discourse

There are many opinions about China’s foreign policy strategy under the new leadership. This article addresses the shifts in China’s approach to international issues since Xi Jinping and […]

Wang Yizhou*

China Dream, integrated destiny, New type of great power relations, peripheral diplomacy, strong maritime power, two silk roads