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October 12, 2015 National Commentaries
The South Korean Perspective

"The Challenge for Park’s Summit with Obama after Abe’s Summit."   As President Park Geun-hye prepares for her meeting with President Barack Obama on October 16, her visit […]

Lee Chung Min*

China's military parade, Japan-US alliance, Japanese SDF, National security, North Korea, Sino-ROK Relations
October 7, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (October 2015)

The shadow of history hung over Japan in the late summer as Abe’s statement was debated, the seventieth anniversary of the war’s end passed on August 15, and […]

Editorial Staff

Economic Relations, History Wars, National security, North Korea, Post-Cold War, ROK-Sino alliance, Russo-Sino alliance
July 29, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (July 2015)

Russian publications have turned decisively to the establishment of a new world order opposed to US-led “vertical globalization.” It centers on Asia, capitalizing on North Korea to influence […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

BRICS, Economic Relations, North Korea, Regionalism, SCO, US-Sino rivalry
October 7, 2013 Special Forum
South Korea’s Strategic Thinking on North Korea and Beyond

For more than six decades, South Korea has coped with one of the most enduring geopolitical asymmetries in the world, namely, the South-North conundrum on the Korean Peninsula. […]

Lee Chung Min*

hybrid security template, need for security guidance, North Korea, North Korea challenges, opinion surveys, polarized worldviews
August 2, 2013 Open Forum
Retrospect and Prospect of the ROK-US Alliance at 60 and Beyond

This article is available in hardcopy & eBook format at the following site: http://www.palgrave.com/kr/book/9781137541703

Choi Kang*

China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, OPCON, ROK-US Alliance, Security Architecture, SMA
July 19, 2013 Topics of the Month
The ROK-US Alliance – 1

The ROK-US Alliance at 60 and Beyond The year 2013 marks the 60th anniversary of the ROK-US security alliance, which was officially established with the signing of the […]

Choi Kang*

China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, OPCON, ROK-US Alliance, Security Architecture, SMA
July 19, 2013 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (July 2013)

Country Report: Russia (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova) This is an ideal time for a debate about the balance of Russian foreign policy in the Asia-Pacific region. […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

India, Multipolarity, North Korea, Obama-Putin Summit, Sino-Russian Relations, Southeast Asia, Xi-Obama Summit