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December 16, 2016 Special Forum
Facing China: Policy Challenges for the Trump Administration in East Asia

As Donald J. Trump comes to power as the 45th president of the United States, he and his national security and foreign policy team will face significant challenges […]

Jacques deLisle

Agreed Framework, Asia pivot, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, burden-sharing, Charm offensive, constitutional revisionism, cross-Strait relations, Denuclearization, East China Sea, FTAAP, IMF, International law, nationalism, Obama administration, One Belt One Road, RCEP, rebalance, rise of China, Security and Economic Dialogue, Six-Party Talks, South China Sea, spheres of influence, Taiwan, tariffs, Territorial Disputes, THAAD, TPP, Trump administration, Tsai Ing-wen, UNCLOS, World Bank, WTO, Xi Jinping
November 1, 2016 Special Forum
South Korea’s Realignment in 2016: Opportunities, Changes, and Challenges

Since its fourth nuclear test on January 6, 2015, North Korea has been showing off its nuclear capability to acquire the status of a nuclear state. Its parade […]

Shin Beomchul*

4thnuclear test, 5th nuclear test, AIIB, Denuclearization, GSOMIA, human rights, Kaesong Industrial Complex, Middle Power Diplomacy, Northeast Asia Peace and Cooperation Initiative, Park Geun-hye, Six-Party Talks, strategic patience, THAAD, Trust-building Process on the Korean Peninsula, Trustpolitik, UNSCR 2270
November 1, 2016 Special Forum
Synopsis of the Seoul Forum for International Affairs, September 23, 2016

In the early autumn of 2016, there were repeated seminars and exchanges in Seoul and Washington, DC on three interrelated topics: how to respond effectively to the North […]

Editorial Staff

4th nuclear test, 5th nuclear test, ASEAN, East Asia Summit, Eurasia Economic Union, G2, Maritime security, Maritime Silk Road, Nordpolitik, offshore balancing, One Belt One Road, RCEP, Silk Belt Economic Road, Sinocentrism, Six-Party Talks, South China Sea, strategic patience, THAAD, TPP, Trustpolitik
October 6, 2016 National Commentaries
Seoul’s THAAD decision and its implications for China-ROK relations

On the heels of China’s approval of tougher sanctions on North Korea—following Pyongyang’s fourth nuclear test—there was, for a moment, a sense that China’s policy on Korea was […]

Eun A Jo

Ballistic Missiles, China-South Korea relations, Nuclear Test, sanctions, Six-Party Talks, SLBM, THAAD, US-South Korean relations
August 24, 2016 Open Forum
Washington Insights

In the summer of 2016, Washington DC has been consumed with the Clinton-Trump race and the unprecedented revolt of the Republican national security establishment against their party’s presidential […]

Editorial Staff

alliance building, Cold War, rebalance, sanctions, Sea of Okhotsk, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Six-Party Talks, South China Sea, THAAD
August 24, 2016 Country Reports
Country Report: China (August 2016)

The Hague tribunal’s adjudication of the South China Sea dispute between China and the Philippines dominated Chinese foreign policy discussions in mid-2016. Chinese analysts also assessed relations with […]

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

Arunachal Pradesh, ASEAN, Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands, East and South China Seas, Eurasian Economic Union, Hague Tribunal, Silk Road Economic Belt, Six-Party Talks, Tibet, Xinjiang
August 3, 2016 Open Forum
Russia’s Korean Policy since 2012: New Hopes, Achievements, and Disappointments

This article focuses on Russia’s Korean policy since 2012. That year was very important: in North Korea, Kim Jong-un had just come to power at the end of […]

Serghei Golunov

Gaeseong Park, Rajin-Khasan, Resolution 2270, Six-Party Talks, South China Sea, THAAD, USSR
August 3, 2016 National Commentaries
Implementing Sanctions against North Korea：A Chinese Perspective

North Korea’s repeated nuclear and missile tests have invited international sanctions, including those by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Since 2006, the UNSC passed six resolutions against […]

Cheng Xiaohe*

Agreed Framework, China-DPRK bilateral relations, China-DPRK trade, Non-proliferation treaty, Resolution 2270, Six-Party Talks
June 24, 2016 Open Forum
The Pivot vs. the “Progressives”

For more than a decade the two most divisive issues in East Asia have been the gap over how to deal with: 1) the Sino-US relationship and which […]

Gilbert Rozman

Asia for the Asians, China first, G2, hegemonism, Kurt Campbell, Six-Party Talks, Sunshine Policy
February 23, 2016 Open Forum
Washington Insights (Vol. 4, No. 1)

The end of 2015 and start of 2016 brought many surprises in international affairs regarding the Indo-Pacific region. The North Korean nuclear and missile tests, the Japan-South Korea […]

Editorial Staff

ASEAN, China's Power, CJK summit, G7 Summit, Kaeseong Industrial Complex, North Korean Sanctions, Six-Party Talks, South China Sea, Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)