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February 28, 2017 Open Forum
Washington Insights (Vol. 5, No. 1)

Rarely has there been such a tumultuous period in US foreign policy, reflected in DC discussions of it; many unknown figures were joining a new administration as lines […]

Editorial Staff

Abe Shinzo, Arms trade, ASEAN, Australia, Central Asia, comfort women, contingency, G8, Georgia, India, Iran, missile tests, nuclear proliferation, One Belt One Road, Putin, Russian Far East, sanctions, SCO, Silk Road Economic Belt, Six-Party Talks, South China Sea, Sphere of influence, terrorism, THAAD, trilateralism, Trump, Ukraine, Vietnam, Xi Jinping
February 9, 2017 Special Forum
Competing in a Shared Order in Asia

Arguably the leading challenge for US national security strategy in the coming decade is to recalibrate the US role for a more multipolar world order. The geopolitical as […]

Michael J. Mazarr

A2/AD, AirSea Battle, anti-globalization, Asia pivot, Balance of power, East China Sea, hegemonic stability theory, Iran, military buildup, Multipolarity, nationalism, Populism, public opinion, rise of China, South China Sea, Taiwan, Thucydides trap, Trump
February 1, 2017 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (January 2017)

Three shocks left Japan’s media groping for answers at the end of 2016 and the start of 2017. The Trump shock kept playing out after the initial alarm […]

Editorial Staff

abductions, Abe Shinzo, anti-globalization, ASEAN, Australia, comfort women, Crimea, Diaoyu islands, energy, GSOMIA, India, Ing-wen, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kuril Islands, Northern Territories, Park Geun-hye, Philippines, Putin, Russian Far East, sanctions, Senkaku Islands, strategic patience, Taiwan, THAAD, TPP, Trans-Siberian Railroad, trilateralism, Trump, Tsai, Ukraine
December 20, 2016 Open Forum
Synopsis of Washington, DC Meetings on Trump and the Korean Peninsula

A presidential transition in the United States understandably raises concern in allied countries heavily dependent for security and diplomacy. The transition from Obama to Trump is more unsettling […]

Editorial Staff

Abe Shinzo, Al Qaeda, ASEAN, Balance of power, burden-sharing, comfort women, democratization, Denuclearization, Extended deterrence, GSOMIA, Iran, ISIS, marketization, nuclear proliferation, Putin, sanctions, Six-Party Talks, South China Sea, spheres of influence, Taiwan, THAAD, TPP, trilateralism, Trump administration
December 16, 2016 Special Forum
Running into a Long Brick Wall? Trump and the Future of US-China Relations

The surprise election of Donald Trump as the United States’ 45th president triggered alarm bells in capitals across the world including Beijing, given Trump’s haphazard foreign policy remarks […]

Lee Chung Min*

APEC, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Balance of power, burden-sharing, climate change, Duterte, FTAAP, Iran, ISIS, NATO, nuclear proliferation, nuclear umbrella, Paris Climate Accord, Philippines Asia pivot, RCEP, sanctions, Silk Road Economic Belt, South China Sea, Syria, Taiwan, terrorism, THAAD, Thucydides trap, TPP, trade deficit, trade war, Tsai Ing-wen
February 7, 2014 National Commentaries
The Six-Party Talks and the P5+1: History Repeating Itself?

"Prospects for a North Korean Nuclear Deal" Mark Twain once remarked that history doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme. As Iran consummates the P5+1 Nuclear Agreement, one […]

David Asher

Illicit Activities Initiative, Iran, P5+ 1, Science and Technology Agreement, Six-Party Talks, Syria, Worldwide Threat Assessment
February 7, 2014 Open Forum
Washington Insights: February 2014

US year-end review programs were preoccupied with Syria and Iran with mention of Afghanistan, leaving little or no time for coverage of East Asia. They painted two leaders—Obama […]

Editorial Staff

Illicit Activities Initiative, Iran, P5+ 1, Science and Technology Agreement, Six-Party Talks, Syria, USA, Worldwide Threat Assessment
February 7, 2014 National Commentaries
A Joint Plan of Action for North Korea?

"Prospects for a North Korean Nuclear Deal" On November 24, 2013, Iran and the P5+1 (the United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia, China, and German) reached agreement on […]

Gary Samore

effectiveness of sanctions, interim agreements, Iran, Joint Plan of Action, nuclear program, P5+1, transparency
February 7, 2014 National Commentaries
The Iran Nuclear Deal and Its Implications for North Korea

"Prospects for a North Korean Nuclear Deal" Iran and North Korea pursue the same ultimate goal: nuclear armament. However, they have chosen fundamentally different strategies and approaches. There […]

Chun Yungwoo*

confidence-building measures, existential issue, international community, Iran, legal regimes, military option, strategic calculus
January 10, 2014 Open Forum
Synopsis of the CSIS/Asan Seminar: “Iran Nuclear Deal and its Implications for North Korea,” December 11, 2013, Washington, DC, CSIS

The seminar, co-organized by the CSIS and the Asan Institute, brought together prominent experts from the United States and South Korea for a timely discussion about the implications […]

Editorial Staff

Denuclearization, international linkages, Iran, sanctions, Six-Party Talks, transparency