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December 12, 2016 National Commentaries
A View from Vietnam

President Duterte sparked a media frenzy on his recent visit to China when he declared that the Philippines would "separate" from the United States and align itself with […]

Vu Truong-Minh*

accommodation, ASEAN, Balance of power, Duterte, France, freedom of navigation, hedging, Hollande, India, Modi, Philippines, rise of China, security partnership, South China Sea, Territorial Disputes, Vietnam
December 12, 2016 National Commentaries
A View from Australia

The year 2016 marked the seventieth anniversary of formal diplomatic relations between Australia and the Philippines. It also heralded the election of Rodrigo Duterte as the Philippines’ 16th […]

Darren J. Lim

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Australia, Australia-Philippines Comprehensive Partnership, Davao hostage crisis, Duterte, East China Sea, mutual defense treaty, One Belt One Road, Philippines, rise of China, South China Sea, Territorial Disputes, Trump administration, war on drugs
December 12, 2016 National Commentaries
A View from Malaysia

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak made high-profile visits to China from October 18-21 and from October 31 to November 5, 2016, respectively. It […]

Kuik Cheng-Chwee*

1MDB, Aman Youyi, ASEAN, CARAT, Comprehensive strategic partnership, corruption, Duterte, enhanced defense cooperation agreement, Infrastructure, Najib Razak, One Belt One Road, Pacific Partnership, Philippines, RCEP, South China Sea, TPP, Trump administration, Tsai Ing-wen, war on drugs
November 1, 2016 Special Forum
Introduction

Park Geun-hye’s sober foreign policy choices in 2016 pointedly contrast with her much-lauded ambitions of 2014-2015. In this set of articles we make the comparisons, suggest reasons for […]

Editorial Staff

4th nuclear test, 5th nuclear test, bonanza, comfort women, Crimea, Eastern Economic Forum, Eurasian Economic Initiative, Northeast Asia Peace and Cooperation Initiative, South China Sea, THAAD, trilateralism, Trustpolitik, Ukraine
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
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
November 1, 2016 Special Forum
Trilateralism and Realignment: Reassessing Three Triangles with South Korea

South Korea stands at the vortex of three geopolitical triangles and also in the shadow of the North Korean menace to regional stability. All of these trilateral configurations […]

Gilbert Rozman

5thnuclear test, comfort women, constitutional revisionism, Denuclearization, Eastern Economic Forum, Eurasia Economic Union, Eurasian Initiative, GSOMIA, Northeast Asia Peace and Cooperation Initiative, Park Geun-hye, Putin, rebalance to Asia, Russian Far East, Shinzo Abe, South China Sea, TPP, trilateralism, US election
October 26, 2016 Open Forum
Balancing China: Moving Beyond the Containment Fallacy

At a multinational defense forum with ASEAN nations’ defense ministers in late September, US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter repeated his call for like-minded nations to “catalyze the […]

Adam P. Liff

ASEAN, China threat theory, containment, deep engagement, Maritime Security Initiative, rebalance, RIMPAC, Shangri-La 2016, South China Sea
October 18, 2016 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (October 2016)

Russian articles in the late summer of 2016 found multiple reasons to take heart. The Sino-US relationship appeared more troubled, opening more space for Russia. Plans for transit […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

ASEAN, BRICS, Eastern Economic Forum, EEU, G20, SCO, Silk Road Economic Belt, South China Sea
October 18, 2016 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (October 2016)

How did Abe’s meeting with Putin in Vladivostok contribute to a breakthrough in relations? How are growing tensions over the South China Sea (and divisiveness within ASEAN) and […]

Editorial Staff

ASEAN, comfort women, G20, rebalance, SCO, Sino-Russian rapprochement, South China Sea, THAAD