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January 7, 2020 National Commentaries
A View from South Korea

The New Southern Policy (NSP) aims to elevate Korea’s strategic ties with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), including its member states, and with India, in the […]

Sungil Kwak

"Belt and Road" Initiative, ASEAN-ROK summit, Free ad Open Indo-Pacific, New Southern Policy, Saemaeul Movement
January 7, 2020 National Commentaries
A View from India

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) under a Pan-Asian framework has figured highly in South Korea’s foreign policy over the last decade. The New Asia Initiative (NAI) […]

Jagannath Panda

Act East Policy, CEPA, free and open Indo-Pacific, New Southern Policy, RCEP, US-China rivalry
January 7, 2020 National Commentaries
A View from Southeast Asia

The 2019 ASEAN-Republic of Korea Commemorative Summit was held in Busan from November 25-26 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of ASEAN-ROK dialogue relations. The summit – a high […]

Kuik Cheng-Chwee*

ASEAN-ROK summit, ASEAN+3 summit, Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, East Asia Vision Group, KOICA, KOTRA, Look East policy, New Southern Policy, ROK-Mekong summit
December 31, 2019 Open Forum
Russian Commentary on South Korea in 2019

For the last three decades, since the breakup of the Soviet Union, the perception of South Korea in Russia has been generally positive. This has been true with […]

Artyom Lukin

Eastern Economic Forum, Finlandization, free and open Indo-Pacific, GSOMIA, Khasan-Rajin project, Korean wave, New Southern Policy, Nine Bridges Initiative
December 20, 2019 Country Reports
Country Report: China (December 2019)

In late 2019, Chinese analysts advocated for a Chinese conception of global governance to replace that previously put forward by the United States and the West. They urged […]

Danielle F. S. Cohen (assisted by Dong Jiaxin)

"Belt and Road" Initiative, community of common destiny, New Southern Policy, Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, THAAD, US-North Korean talks
October 18, 2019 Open Forum
Washington Insights, Vol. 7, No. 5

No topic stirred as much interest in DC think tanks as the US-Japan-South Korean triangle. In the background loomed North Korea, leading to overlapping interest in the Sino-North […]

Editorial Staff

Act East Policy, free and open Indo-Pacific, GSOMIA, New Southern Policy, Trump-Kim summit, US-China trade war, US-ROK alliance
April 30, 2019 National Commentaries
A View from Southeast Asia on South Korea

When Moon Jae-in announced the “New Southern Policy” (NSP) during his visit to Indonesia in November 2017, the Korean foreign policy watchers scrambled to find out whether there […]

Chiew-Ping Hoo

"Belt and Road" Initiative, 5G, New Southern Policy, Nordpolitik, Sunshine Policy
April 22, 2019 Country Reports
Country Report: China (April 2019)

In early 2019, Chinese experts assessed Chinese–Korean economic relations, China’s relationship with South Korea, and the potential for extending the Belt and Road Initiative to Northeast Asia. They […]

Danielle F. S. Cohen (assisted by Dong Jiaxin)

"Belt and Road" Initiative, CPTPP, Indo-Pacific strategy, New Southern Policy, Six-Party Talks, THAAD