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November 21, 2014 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (November 2014)

Russian articles on Russia’s “turn to the East” are full of confidence, concentrate on the big picture, and constantly repeat assumptions hardened over the previous half-year. Rather than […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

BRICS, India, international relations framework, Russo-Japanese relations, Southeast Asia, turn to the East
October 17, 2014 Special Forum
Sino-Japanese Competition and Its Multilateral Implications

While eyes are fixed on the Sino-US competition in East Asia, there is also a competition for influence between China and Japan. In the decade of the 2000s, […]

Editorial Staff

demonization, India, multilateralism, Southeast Asia, Territorial Disputes, triangular relations, Vietnam
October 17, 2014 Special Forum
Japan’s Approach to Southeast Asia in the Context of Sino-Japanese Relations

At times, since 2000, interest has piqued in Sino-Japanese competition—over Russia (rival proposals for an oil pipeline in the early 2000s), South Korea (maneuvering within ASEAN+3 and in […]

Gilbert Rozman

Asian values, Asianism, Australia, East Asian Community, Fukuda Doctrine, India, Rebalancing, Regionalism, Revisionism, South China Sea, Southeast Asia
October 15, 2014 Open Forum
Washington Insights, October 2014

The Obama visit to East Asia in April marked a transition from one set of discussions in Washington, DC to another. Instead of agonizing about Japan-ROK relations, there […]

Editorial Staff

ASEAN centrality, India, Indo-Pacific region, North Korean outreach, Park-Xi Summit, peaceful unification, Southeast Asia
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
August 31, 2014 Country Reports
Country Report: China (August 2014)

An article by Sun Ru in Zhongguo zhoubian distributed in its August 2014 posting took a close look at the US-Japan-South Korea triangle as it was strengthened by […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Dong Jiaxin*)

Arms trade, CK FTA, equilibrium, hegemonic thinking, India, public relations battle, Six-Party Talks, Southeast Asia, values-based diplomacy, Xi-Park Summit
August 11, 2014 Open Forum
Southeast Asia’s Developing Divide

The Asan Forum’s introductory Topics of the Month article on the present state of Northeast Asian strategic competition and regionalism by Sergey Radchenko shares much in common with […]

Malcolm Cook

ASEAN rebalancing, developing divide, foreign direct investment, FTAs, maritime-continental divide, multilateralism, Regionalism, Southeast Asia
July 25, 2014 National Commentaries
French Perspective

"Sino-Russian Relations"   China-Russia Partnership: Perceptions in Beijing and Tokyo According to Beijing and Moscow, relations between China and Russia have never been better. One could argue, however, […]

Valerie Niquet

Balance of power, divergent threat perceptions, G2, Putin’s visit to Japan, Russia’s double game, soft balancing, Southeast Asia, the EU
June 18, 2014 Country Reports
Country Report: China (June 2014)

Regional Dynamics, the US Pivot, and Maritime Security Shi Jiazhu and Yu Lingling in Guoji guancha, No. 2, 2014 explain the US strategy in shifting the center of […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Dong Jiaxin*)

Central Asia, China’s maritime strategy, Japan-North Korea ties, Japanese militarism, peripheral diplomacy, Southeast Asia, strengthening the SCO, US offensive strategy
May 23, 2014 Topics of the Month
India’s New Leadership and East Asia – 1

India’s election has produced a decisive majority for the political alliance led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Incoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi promises to reinvigorate an economy […]

Daniel Twining

Asian commons, economic vitality, elections, India, Modi, regional security order, Southeast Asia, strategic reengagement