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December 28, 2016 Alternative Scenarios
Negative Scenario II

The long-awaited December 15-16 Yamaguchi-Tokyo summit appears to have been a failure, which masqueraded as a step forward. That is the conclusion many sources in Japan have drawn, […]

Gilbert Rozman

1956 Joint Declaration, Abe Shinzo, Eastern Economic Forum, energy, G7, Hikiwake, Kuril Islands, Northern Territories, Peace Treaty, Putin, Russian Far East, sanctions, Territorial Disputes, trilateralism, Trump administration, two plus alpha
December 28, 2016 Review Article
NBR’s Strategic Asia Volumes at the End of an Era

Ashley J. Tellis, Abraham M. Denmark, and Greg Chaffin, eds., Strategic Asia 2014-15, US Alliances and Partnerships at the Center of Global Power (Seattle & Washington, DC: The […]

Gilbert Rozman

ASEAN, Australia, burden-sharing, comfort women, Duterte, GSOMIA, India, Indo-Pacific, Indonesia, Maritime Silk Road, Modi, Mongolia, Najib, northern triangle, Philippines, realpolitik, rise of China, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Six-Party Talks. Russian Far East, South China Sea, strategic culture, Taiwan, THAAD, Thailand, trilateralism, Trump administration
December 20, 2016 Open Forum
Synopsis of Washington, DC Meetings on Trump and the Korean Peninsula

A presidential transition in the United States understandably raises concern in allied countries heavily dependent for security and diplomacy. The transition from Obama to Trump is more unsettling […]

Editorial Staff

Abe Shinzo, Al Qaeda, ASEAN, Balance of power, burden-sharing, comfort women, democratization, Denuclearization, Extended deterrence, GSOMIA, Iran, ISIS, marketization, nuclear proliferation, Putin, sanctions, Six-Party Talks, South China Sea, spheres of influence, Taiwan, THAAD, TPP, trilateralism, Trump administration
December 16, 2016 Special Forum
Introduction

The Trump campaign and transition have aroused anxiety unlike anything seen in the recent history of US presidential leadership changes. This is visible in virtually every region in […]

Editorial Staff

ASEAN, Asia pivot, burden-sharing, cross-Strait relations, Denuclearization, Duterte, energy, nuclear proliferation, Putin, rebalance, sanctions, Shinzo Abe, South China Sea, Taiwan, tariffs, TPP, trilateralism, Trump administration, Tsai Ing-wen, war on drugs
December 16, 2016 Special Forum
Japanese Media on the Impact of Donald Trump’s Election on Japan and China

Japanese awakened to Donald Trump’s victory in disbelief, coining the label “Trump shock” to go with other “shocks” memorable in their history with the United States.1 A failure […]

Gilbert Rozman

Abe Shinzo, Abenomics, ASEAN, Asia pivot, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Balance of power, burden-sharing, containment, cross-Strait relations, Duterte, International Court of Arbitration, isolationism, Myanmar, One Belt One Road, Paris Climate Accords, Park Geun-hye, Philippines, Populism, protectionism, RCEP, rebalance, Senkaku Islands, Taiwan, tariffs, THAAD, TPP, trilateralism, Trump administration, Tsai Ing-wen, Vietnam, Xi Jinping
December 13, 2016 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (November)

Two themes dominated the news in November: the “shock” of the election of Donald Trump, which is covered separately in a Special Forum article, and the “anticipation” of […]

Editorial Staff

AIIB, ASEAN, comfort women, East China Sea, energy, G20, GSOMIA, Hikiwake, Kaesong Industrial Complex, Northern Territories, Russian Far East, sanctions, Senkaku Islands, South China Sea, Territorial Disputes, THAAD, theater missile defense, trilateralism, Trump administration, two islands plus alpha
December 8, 2016 Open Forum
US-Japan-India Trilateral Relations: Opportunities and Challenges

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Japan in November and made clear his desire to make relations with Japan, already quite strong, a key priority for Delhi in the […]

J. Berkshire Miller

Abe Shinzo, Asia rebalance, East China Sea, Indo-Pacific, Malabar exercises, Narendra Modi, National Security Strategy 2013, Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, principled security network, Senkaku Islands, trade relations, trilateralism
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
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
April 29, 2016 Special Forum
Introduction to Special Forum

The relationship between the United States and Japan has changed under Prime Minister Abe and President Obama not only becoming more robust bilaterally, but acquiring new significance in […]

Editorial Staff

Japan-US relations, South China Sea, trilateralism