Deterrence, Assurance and China’s Agency in its Taiwan Policy

In their important new paper in Foreign Affairs “Taiwan and the True Source of Deterrence,” Bonnie Glaser, Jessica Chen Weiss, and Tom Christensen have underlined the complexity of […]

International Peace in Asia: Will it Endure?

International Peace in Asia: Will it Endure? 1 Post 1945 Asia has been conflict ridden.2 Between 1945 and 2010, there were a total of 71 major wars (in […]

Civilizational Divides and Regional Confrontations – 3

Both Gilbert Rozman and Francois Godement’s articles are stimulating and instructive, and it is a pleasure for me to follow up the debate. Issues raised by Rozman are […]

US Perspective

Deterrence, NPT and the Two Koreas What Has Changed and What Is New in Engaging North Korea? (from remarks prepared for the Asan Nuclear Forum, February 2013) The […]

The ROK-US Alliance – 2

ROK-US Alliance Rescheduling the War-time OPCON Transition From a Time-driven Approach to a Situation-driven Approach ROK and US defense authorities recently held the 4th ROK-US Integrated Defense Dialogue […]