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August 11, 2014 Open Forum
The Asan Forum on the Occasion of Its First Anniversary

A new journal in a crowded field at a time when specialists on ongoing international relations in the Asia-Pacific are inundated with online information does not readily attract […]

Gilbert Rozman

August 11, 2014 Open Forum
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization: A Fading Star?

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) stands at a pivotal point in its history. On the one hand, the growing ties between Russia and China as well as the […]

Richard Weitz

Afghanistan, Central Asia, CICA, CSTO, energy, Eurasian Union, mutual reassurance, security threats, Ukraine
August 11, 2014 Topics of the Month
Japanese Politics Concerning Collective Self-Defense

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

Hosoya Yuichi*

Abe Shinzo, collective self-defense, constitutional reinterpretation, New Komeito, public opinion
July 25, 2014 Special Forum
Introduction to Special Forum

Economists, political scientists, and sociologists greeted developments at the end of the 1980s and beginning of the 1990s with acclamation that their theoretical views were proven correct and […]

Editorial Staff

contradictory transitional thinking, elite continuity, historical memories, symbolic pretexts
July 25, 2014 National Commentaries
US Perspective

"Sino-Russian Relations"   The Ukraine Crisis and the Future of Sino-Russian Relations President Vladimir Putin has described the improvement of relations with Beijing as one of his major […]

Jeffrey Mankoff

Anti-Western sentiment, Arms sales, Central Asia, CICA, Eurasian Union, financial sanctions, gas pipeline, naval maneuvers, revisionist axis, SCO, Ukraine
July 25, 2014 National Commentaries
French Perspective

"Sino-Russian Relations"   China-Russia Partnership: Perceptions in Beijing and Tokyo According to Beijing and Moscow, relations between China and Russia have never been better. One could argue, however, […]

Valerie Niquet

Balance of power, divergent threat perceptions, G2, Putin’s visit to Japan, Russia’s double game, soft balancing, Southeast Asia, the EU
July 25, 2014 National Commentaries
Chinese Perspective

"Sino-Russian Relations"   My View on Contemporary China-Russia Relations Since the beginning of 2014, the Ukrainian crisis has become the hottest international issue, captivating public attention from around […]

Feng Yujun*

BRICS, CICA, Gas deal, informal alliance, pivot to Asia, Ukraine
July 25, 2014 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (July 2014)

New Russian articles suggest that South Korea’s foreign policy is more intriguing than previously anticipated. Explaining that there is talk today of forging a new system of global […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

Gas deal, global governance, New Cold War, New Silk Road, SCO, Sino-Russian alliance, soft integration, threat from the West, Trustpolitik, Ukraine
July 11, 2014 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (July 2014)

Northeast Asia’s geopolitical tensions have intensified and grown more complicated over the past two months. The Cold War-era legacy of contention between South Korea, the United States, and […]

Editorial Staff

Balanced diplomacy, horizontal and vertical alliance, Kono statement diplomatic record, Park-Xi Summit, serving as a bridge, Xi history speech
July 11, 2014 Topics of the Month
Multilateralism in Northeast Asia – 2

No one has profited more from the decline of multilateralism in East Asia than North Korea. Russia’s international isolation and China’s simmering confrontation with Japan over the disputed […]

Sergey Radchenko

Central Asia, color revolutions, Eurasian Union vs. new silk road, islands to Japan, polarization vs. multilateralism, Putin-Xi summit, ROK promise to Russia, unequal trade