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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
November 1, 2016 Special Forum
South Korean Domestic Support for the US Alliance

Both in Seoul and in Washington, the nature of the ROK-US alliance has become a hot topic. Not only the issues of THAAD and the South China Sea, […]

Woo Jung-Yeop*

1994 Agreed Framework, 2008 beef import protests, anti-American sentiment, axis of evil, Jeju naval base, Korean unification, KORUS FTA, Middle Power Diplomacy, nuclear proliferation, public opinion, ROK-US Alliance, South China Sea, Sunshine Policy, THAAD, USFK
October 15, 2014 Open Forum
Synopsis of the Asan Institute-Pacific Forum CSIS Conference on US-Japan-ROK Trilateral Relations

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

J. Berkshire Miller

contingency planning, cornerstone and linchpin, energy security, Japanese Abductees, Park-Xi Summit, public opinion, threat perceptions
September 29, 2014 National Commentaries
A Japanese Perspective

"Reassessing the Park-Xi Summit"   For understandable reasons, the Japanese paid rapt attention to the July 2014 Seoul summit between China and South Korea. Perhaps, the most compelling […]

Kimura Kan*

China, collective self-defense, Japan, joint ceremony of remembrance, missile defense, National identity, National security, public opinion, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Territorial and historical consciousness questions, US
September 12, 2014 Topics of the Month
Japanese Politics Concerning Collective Self-Defense – 2

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

Hosoya Yuichi*

collective self-defense, internationalists, isolationists, pacifism, public opinion, TPP, US-Japan alliance
August 11, 2014 Topics of the Month
Japanese Politics Concerning Collective Self-Defense

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

Hosoya Yuichi*

Abe Shinzo, collective self-defense, constitutional reinterpretation, New Komeito, public opinion
June 13, 2014 Open Forum
China’s Charm Offensive to Korea: A New Approach to Extend the Strategic Buffer

It is understood that peace and stability have been China’s major security interest on the Korean Peninsula for many centuries. Given its strategic location and its geographical proximity, […]

Han Sukhee*

Ahn Jung-geun, Charm offensive, competition for influence, hedging, Jan Song-Thaek, Kim Jong-un, periphery diplomacy, public opinion
March 25, 2014 National Commentaries
Circling the Square: History and Alliance Management

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

Lee Chung Min*

50th Anniversary of Normalization, Abe Shinzo, historical revisionism, Park Geun-hye, public opinion, trilateral summit
March 21, 2014 Special Forum
Domestic Factors in China’s International Relations Discourse: Chinese Debates on the Role of Public Opinion

Two contrasting perspectives have been featured in recent years about the role of domestic public opinion in China’s foreign policy making. On the one hand, the bottom-up viewpoint […]

Maria Repnikova

Censorship, public opinion, quality, voluntary 50-centers
January 27, 2014 Review Article
Chinese Books on Japanese and Korean Images of China

Wu Guangwei, Riben de Zhongguo xingxiang [How Japan Views China] (Beijing: Renmin chubanshe, 2010) Dong Xiangrong, Wang Xiaoleng, Li Yongchun, Hanguoren xinmuzhong de Zhongguo xingxiang [How the Koreans […]

Gilbert Rozman

image control, media bias, public opinion, right wing ideology, soft power, views of China