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September 24, 2015 Open Forum
China’s Interests, Actors, and the Implementation of Sanctions against North Korea

Following the first nuclear test by North Korea in 2006, sanctions were unanimously authorized by the UN Security Council (UNSC). Their stated aims were to dissuade North Korea […]

Catherine Jones

National security, Panel of Experts, sanctions, Sino-DPRK relations, UN Security Council
September 21, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (September 2015)

On August 23 in Rossiiskaia Gazeta, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov wrote about the significance of the seventieth anniversary of war’s end for relations with China. Linking the struggle […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

European Union, National security, Regionalism, Silk Road Economic Belt, Sino-Russian Relations
September 17, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (September 2015)

Three themes concerning relations in Northeast Asia preoccupied the South Korean media in the late summer. Before and after the Abe statement, there was considerable interest in dealing […]

Editorial Staff

8.25 Agreement, Abe Statement, National security, Regionalism, Sino-ROK Relations
August 18, 2015 Open Forum
Russia, China and the Emerging Greater Eurasia

Russia and China drawing together is an unmistakable phenomenon in today’s international relations. Is it a result of deteriorated Russo-US and Sino-US relations or does it have more […]

Alexander Lukin

Economic Relations, International law, National security, Silk Road Economic Belt, sovereignty, Ukraine crisis
August 18, 2015 Review Article
‘Ukeikasuru Nihon seiji’ (‘Japan’s Politics Leaning to the Right’)

Nakano Koichi, Ukeikasuru Nihon seiji (Japan’s Politics Leaning to the Right), (Tokyo: Iwanami Shinsho, 2015) On the day when the “Abe statement” in commemoration of the seventieth anniversary […]

Gilbert Rozman

Kokkashugi, Liberal Democratic Party, National identity, National security, Revisionism
August 18, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: China (August 2015)

Chinese articles in recent months have been unambiguous in asserting Chinese positions on issues in the forefront of international relations. They offer telling insights into the thinking behind […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Dong Jiaxin*)

Economic Relations, Middle Power Diplomacy, National security, Sino-US Relations
August 13, 2015 Open Forum
The Politics of “Struggling Co-evolution“: Trade, Power, and Vision in Vietnam’s Relations with China

China’s increasing presence, economically and militarily, has the potential to lead to a Chinese sphere of influence in which Southeast Asia is regarded as China’s “backyard.” For realist […]

Vu Truong-Minh*

Asymmetric trade, Great Mekong Sub-region, National security, South China Sea, Yarn Forward
August 13, 2015 Open Forum
Grand Strategy for South Korea? An Overview

All countries need a grand strategy. This is particularly true for the countries located in Northeast Asia. For the Republic of Korea (ROK), the nation’s geopolitical position, the […]

Han Sung-Joo*

Japan-US relations, National security, Sino-Russian Relations, trust-building
August 13, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (August 2015)

Japan-Russia Relations Relations with Russia appeared to be back on track in the first part of the summer. Plans for Putin to visit Japan were going forward despite […]

Editorial Staff

Japan-ROK tensions, Japan-US alliance, National security, Putin-Abe summit, South China Sea
August 4, 2015 Alternative Scenarios
Negative Scenario I: No Escape from Troubled Seesaw in Japan-China Relations

Japan’s relations with China for about two years from September 2012 were the worst they had been since normalization in 1972. In late 2014 and over the first […]

Takahara Akio*

EEZ, National security, Senkaku Islands