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October 8, 2018 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (October 2018)

Setting aside the rush of publications on China and North Korea—from Abe’s October visit to China to Japan’s response to plans for a new Trump-Kim summit—this report covers […]

Editorial Staff

AIIB, ARF, BRI, BRICS, comfort women, EEF, free and open Indo-Pacific, Sharp power, the Quad, US-China trade war
September 5, 2017 National Commentaries
A US Perspective

Polarization is a state of international relations familiar from the Cold War era. Even through there was an early non-aligned movement and some states insisted on their strategic […]

Gilbert Rozman

ARF, Donald Trump, THAAD, TPP
September 5, 2017 National Commentaries
A Southeast Asian Perspective

The annual ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM) and the related ASEAN-plus meetings—a series of ASEAN-led forums involving foreign ministers from 27 nations across the Indo-Pacific—were held from August 2-8, […]

Kuik Cheng-Chwee*

ARF, ASEAN Way, BRI, concentric multilateralism, EAS, hedging, Nine-dash line, North Natuna Sea, South China Sea
August 30, 2017 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (August 2017)

Trump’s shadow hung heavily over summer developments in East Asia, as covered in Japan’s media. There was talk of US isolation, retreat in leadership, and failure in managing […]

Editorial Staff

ARF, comfort women, Donald Trump, history war, Kono Taro, Senkaku Islands, South China Sea