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April 18, 2023 National Commentaries
A Japanese Perspective

Abe Shinzo was the most well-traveled prime minister in Japanese history. Abe sought to raise Japan’s stature in the world, support a rules-based global order, and cultivate person-to-person […]

Tom Le

comfort women, Dokdo/Takeshima, forced labor
April 18, 2023 National Commentaries
A US Perspective

South Korean efforts to realign its foreign policy to achieve its goal of being a “global pivotal state” are gaining momentum this spring through President Yoon Suk-yeol’s diplomatic […]

Scott Snyder

comfort women, Dokdo/Takeshima, forced labor, GSOMIA, Indo-Pacific strategy
February 9, 2017 Special Forum
Shifting the Strategic Balance to Force North Korea to Change

This article proposes a new strategy to force a change in North Korea, a change that will result in a regime that does not develop nuclear weapons, does […]

General (Ret.) Walter L. Sharp

forced labor, information campaign, intelligence sharing, Korean reunification, military buildup, missile defense system, missile tests, nuclear tests, provocations, ROK-US Alliance, sanctions, trilateralism, UN Security Council
November 8, 2013 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (November 2013)

Japan and the ROK-US-Japan triangle preoccupied the Korean media through the early autumn. Criticism of the Abe administration only intensified, but it came amid growing concern about whether […]

Editorial Staff

collective defense, forced labor, missile defense, sex slaves, TPP, Trustpolitik, US triangularity, Yasukuni Shrine