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June 13, 2014 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (June 2014)

The most important event in Japanese foreign policy during this time period was the visit of Barack Obama to Tokyo in late April. Yomiuri shimbun showcased its success […]

Editorial Staff

Japanese Abductees, Southeast Asia Abe-Obama summit, state branding, territorial issues, textbooks, TPP, triangles, US election
May 23, 2014 National Commentaries
State of the Rebalance

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

Thomas Hubbard

Combined Command, enhanced defense cooperation agreement, Malaysia, Philippines, proliferation security initiative, territorial claims, TPP, Vietnam rebalance
May 23, 2014 Special Forum
China’s Regionalism in Asia

President Obama’s “tour around China” and China’s response that “China is right here whether he (Obama) comes or not”1 reflect a delicate US-China estrangement. The China-Japan Diaoyu Island […]

Zhang Xiaotong*

community of common destiny, community of common interest, evolving attitudes toward regionalism, expanded FTAs, regionalism with Chinese characteristics, TPP
May 23, 2014 National Commentaries
America Reengages Asia

In late April 2014, President Barack Obama paid his fifth official visit to Asia—a tour of four nations intended to reassure nervous allies of America’s commitment to them, […]

David Shambaugh

China containment tour, effusive receptions, people-to-people ties, realigned force posture, strengthening alliances, TPP
March 25, 2014 National Commentaries
President Obama and Japan-South Korean Relations

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

Sheila A. Smith

Kono Statement, Malaysia, Nuclear Security Summit, Philippines, TPP, Visiting Forces Agreement, wartime compensation
March 21, 2014 Topics of the Month
TPP – 3

In the two months since my original article for The Asan Forum, TPP appears to have stalled. News reports of the most recent negotiating round, as well as […]

William W. Grimes

Automobile tariffs, Economic integrations, market-distorting institutions, TPP, Trade Promotion Authority (TPA)
February 21, 2014 Topics of the Month
TPP – 2

My article in The Asan Forum on TPP has received a number of comments, including T.J. Pempel’s rejoinder and a vigorous debate on the Japan Forum LISTSERV sponsored […]

William W. Grimes

Capital controls, intellectual property rights, rules of origin, Shinzo Abe, structural reform, the Diet, TPP, US Congress
November 8, 2013 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (November 2013)

Japan and the ROK-US-Japan triangle preoccupied the Korean media through the early autumn. Criticism of the Abe administration only intensified, but it came amid growing concern about whether […]

Editorial Staff

collective defense, forced labor, missile defense, sex slaves, TPP, Trustpolitik, US triangularity, Yasukuni Shrine
July 19, 2013 National Commentaries
Chinese Perspective

"New Model of Great Power Relations" How is a “New Model of Great Power Relations” Possible? The two decades following the end of the Cold War witnessed continuous […]

Wang Jisi*

East Asia Security Architecture, East Asian Community, New Model of Great Power Relations, TPP, Xi-Obama Summit
July 19, 2013 Special Forum
Is an Economic Cold War Emerging in Asia?

For the past 35 years, as China’s economic development accelerated in the post-Mao period, US policy towards the Asia-Pacific was aimed at fostering an environment that would gradually […]

Scott W. Harold

Beijing Consensus, FTAs, Investment, New Cold War, TPP, Trade, Washington Consensus