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March 15, 2021 Country Reports · South Korea
Country Report: South Korea (March 2021)

Relations with the United States took center stage as South Koreans eyed the formation of the Biden administration, while phone conversations with President Xi Jinping and Foreign Minister […]

Sanghwa Hong

COVID-19, GSOMIA, Quad, Special Measures Agreement, THAAD, wartime operational control
January 21, 2021 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (January 2021)

Attention drifted in November 2020 to January 2021 from the election of Joe Biden in the US to the visit of Chinese foreign Minister Wang Yi to action […]

Sanghwa Hong

Anti-leaflet law, comfort women, COVID-19, GSOMIA, Joe Biden, THAAD
January 11, 2021 Open Forum
Perceptions and Misperceptions between China and South Korea amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

China and South Korea have each done a relatively good job in COVID-19 prevention and control. Active cooperation between the two governments in communications and medical materials improved […]

Dong Xiangrong

anti-Communism, COVID-19, Fang Fang, Mask diplomacy, THAAD, Wuhan
December 30, 2020 Special Forum
Challenges to Biden’s pursuit of trilateralism

Trilateralism is the term used for US-Japan-ROK close strategic cooperation and understanding. For Tokyo and Seoul, trilateralism requires a fundamental reconceptualization of both national interests and national identities […]

Gilbert Rozman

ASEAN centrality, free and open Indo-Pacific, THAAD, the Quad, trilateralism, US-China rivalry, Wolf Warrior Diplomacy
December 30, 2020 Special Forum
US-DPRK relations and China’s response in the Biden era

Whether Washington and Beijing cooperate under the Biden administration depends heavily on whether they reach an understanding on how to approach the DPRK. This was a touchstone for […]

Cheng Xiaohe*

COVID-19, Denuclearization, Economic sanctions, THAAD, US-China rivalry, US-DPRK diplomacy
August 27, 2020 Special Forum
Double Allegiance: Moon Jae-in’s Strategy amid US-China Rivalry

Can a state be a credibly ally and still partner closely with its rival? During the Cold War, no country was allied to one side and strategically tied […]

Eun A Jo

COVID-19, free and open Indo-Pacific, GSOMIA, OPCON, THAAD, the Quad, US-China rivalry, US-ROK alliance
March 23, 2020 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (March 2020)

In February 2020, the South Korean government tackled the coronavirus outbreak, also known as COVID-19. Following the diagnosis of “patient 31” in Daegu, the virus spread rapidly, and […]

Yumi Ko

Coronavirus, COVID-19, Korea-phobia, Special Measures Agreement, THAAD, Three nos
March 19, 2020 Special Forum
Sino-ROK Relations on the 75th Anniversary of the End of WWII

Beijing and Seoul have experienced ups and downs in their relationship over the thirty years since the end of the Cold War. At times, such as when President […]

Gilbert Rozman

Cheonan Incident, Cold War, COVID-19, Kim Jong-un, Koguryo dispute, Moon Jae-in, THAAD, US-ROK alliance, WWII, Xi Jinping
March 2, 2020 Open Forum
Washington Insights, Vol. 8, No. 1

The coronavirus originating in Wuhan cast a dark shadow on efforts to look ahead in East Asia. It kept China at the center of attention, while only reinforcing […]

Editorial Staff

"Belt and Road" Initiative, Coronavirus, free and open Indo-Pacific, GSOMIA, THAAD, Tokyo Olympics
December 28, 2019 Open Forum
Chinese Economic Coercion during the THAAD Dispute

While the US-China trade war has dominated geoeconomic discussions in 2019, great power rivalry is far from the only domain in which economic instruments are being used in […]

Darren J. Lim

economic coercion, Economic Interdependence, exit costs, geoeconomics, Lotte, Made in China 2025, THAAD, Three noes