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October 18, 2018 Open Forum
Russia’s Revived Debate on China: Historical Perspective and Implicit Significance

In the fall of 2018, the case is again being made that Russia is likely to be amenable to distance itself from China despite the recent tightening of […]

Gilbert Rozman

BRI, BRICS, China Dream, Cold War, EEU, SCO, Silk Road, Yellow Peril
September 11, 2017 Open Forum
Keeping Northeast Asia “Abnormal”: Origins of the Liberal International Order in Northeast Asia and the New Cold War

Northeast Asia is at a crossroads. One road leads to continued economic growth, regional integration, and globalization, while the other leads to trade-wars, territorial disputes, and an arms […]

Hahm Chaibong*

abnormal states, Cold War, Peace Constitution, Thucydides trap, Yoshida Doctrine
April 26, 2017 National Commentaries
China-US-Russia Triangle

After Chairman Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump met on April 6-7 in Florida’s Mar-a-lago, trilateral relations among China, the United States, and Russia became the focus of […]

Feng Shaolei

chemical weapons, Cold War, Crimea, cyber attacks, Mar-a-Lago, Munich security summit, Syria, Trump-Xi Summit, Yalta model
April 24, 2017 Special Forum
Introduction

The unpopularity of the United States is rising around the world, not excluding Northeast Asia. Donald Trump is seen as a loose cannon, arousing distrust in allies and […]

Editorial Staff

alliance system, Anti-Americanism, Asianism, authoritarianism, Cold War, democratization, Donald Trump, Internationalism, missile defense, nuclear proliferation
April 24, 2017 Special Forum
The Case of Russia

When Russian and Japanese foreign and defense ministers met in Tokyo in mid-March for their 2+2 discussions, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov sensed the presence of a third party […]

Chris Miller

annexation of Crimea, Cold War, Korean War, military alliance, nuclear proliferation, regime change, sanctions, Six-Party Talks, THAAD, TPP
March 27, 2017 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (March 2017)

On February 10, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs carried an Interfax interview with Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov on Russian Asia policies in the past year. He cited […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

Abe Shinzo, APEC, ASEAN, Cold War, Denuclearization, Eastern Economic Forum, globalization, Greater Eurasia, India, Kuril Islands, Northern Territories, Pakistan, Park Geun-hye, sanctions, SCO, Silk Road Economic Belt, TPP, Trump, Xi Jinping
February 24, 2017 Open Forum
The Limitations of “Global Korea’s” Middle Power

2010 was a pivotal year for the Republic of Korea: as host of the G20 Leaders’ Summit—the first non-G7 and non-Western country to do so—the relatively small country […]

Balbina Y. Hwang

anti-globalization, BRICS, Cold War, G20, G7, impeachment, liberalism internationalism, middle power, Middle Power Diplomacy, MIKTA, NAPCI, nationalism, Nuclear Security Summit 2012, ODA, OECD, Park Geun-hye, peace-keeping operations, Populism, proliferation security initiative, ROK-US Alliance, Seoul G20 Summit, spheres of influence, trade liberalization, Trump
February 9, 2017 Special Forum
A Multipolar Nuclear Asia in the Trump Era

On December 22, 2016, President-elect Donald Trump used his electronic bully pulpit to opine on nuclear weapons policy. “The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear […]

Christopher Clary

Arms Race, Cold War, Extended deterrence, first, India, military buildup, Multipolarity, mutually assured destruction, nuclear cascade, Nuclear deterrence, nuclear policy, Pakistan, rise of China, Trump, use
October 14, 2016 Open Forum
Asian Security after US Hegemony: Spheres of Influence and the Third Wave of Regional Order

The Asian security landscape is unsettled. The region is quickly becoming multipolar. Hedging strategies—even by US allies—are now commonplace. Intra-regional trust remains low amid myriad territorial and strategic […]

Van Jackson

ASEAN, Cold War, imperialism, soft balancing, spheres of influence, THAAD
August 29, 2016 Special Forum
Introduction to the Special Forum

Not long ago, there was talk of the “end of history,” as if the post-Cold War era gave the nations of the world—especially dynamic East Asia—a compelling opportunity […]

Editorial Staff

Cold War, imperialism, militarism, Sinocentrism, Territorial Disputes, WWII