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December 30, 2024 Country Reports · Japan
County Report: Japan (December 2024)

The last third of 2024 was nothing less than a disaster for Japanese foreign policy. After the publication of memoires detailing the seedy side of the momentous decade […]

Editorial Staff

Asian NATO, BRICS, free and open Indo-Pacific, US-Japan alliance
March 2, 2023 China · Country Reports
Country Report: China (February 2023)

Chinese analysts continue to devote a great deal of attention to Southeast Asia and South Asia. They assessed diverse conceptions of national security among various ASEAN member states. […]

Danielle F. S. Cohen (assisted by Dong Jiaxin)

ASEAN centrality, Quad, US-China rivalry, US-Japan alliance, Vietnam
March 21, 2022 Special Forum
Tracking Japanese Thinking toward Asia: Early Abe, the Korean Peninsula, and Australia

This Special Forum approaches Japanese foreign policy from three angles. First, it tracks the momentous shift in thinking that occurred during the first four years of Abe Shinzo’s […]

Editorial Staff

Cold War, Russia, TPP, Ukraine, US-Japan alliance, WWII
January 20, 2022 Open Forum
China’s Rhetoric toward South Korea: Smile Diplomacy Baring “Wolf Warrior” Teeth

Awaiting a new president in Seoul, Chinese publications continue to treat President Moon Jae-in with tolerance mixed with low expectations and guarded warnings. They often draw a sharp […]

Danielle F. S. Cohen (assisted by Dong Jiaxin)

COVID-19, CPTPP, Taiwan, US-China competition, US-Japan alliance
January 4, 2022 Country Reports · Japan
Country Report: Japan (December 2021)

The autumn of 2021 was a time of transition in leadership without indication of any shift in foreign policy. The relationship with China had turned colder in 2020 […]

Editorial Staff

COVID-19, CPTPP, Taiwan, US-China competition, US-Japan alliance
April 27, 2021 Open Forum
Washington Insights, Vol. 9, No. 2

The months of March and April saw a revival of energetic exchanges on international affairs after the dulling effect of the past year of pandemic and the dark […]

Editorial Staff

Quad, US-China rivalry, US-DPRK diplomacy, US-Japan alliance, US-ROK alliance
April 20, 2021 Country Reports · Japan
Country Report: Japan (April 2021)

In the first quarter of 2021, Japanese coverages turned from assessing 2020 to anticipating Biden’s impact to taking satisfaction in Biden’s initial moves toward Japan and China. With […]

Editorial Staff

Economic national security, Quad, Strategic Triangle, US-China rivalry, US-Japan alliance, Yachi Shotaro
August 27, 2020 Special Forum
Introduction

On the northern tier of Asia, rethinking about geopolitics centers on three arenas. The first is the Sino-Russian nexus looking outward, particularly at the US role in Asia […]

Editorial Staff

COVID-19, Liberal international order, US-China rivalry, US-Japan alliance, US-ROK alliance
August 27, 2020 Special Forum
Accommodation versus Alliance: Japan’s Prospective Grand Strategy in the Sino-US Competition

Prime Minister Abe Shinzo has lately appeared to want it both ways: to tighten the alliance with the United States to the point of joining the “five eyes” […]

Stephen Nagy

"Belt and Road" Initiative, COVID-19, free and open Indo-Pacific, Hong Kong, the Quad, US-China rivalry, US-Japan alliance
August 4, 2020 Open Forum
Washington Insights, Vol. 8, No. 4

In mid-2020, US policy took a decidedly more negative turn toward China, driven by leaders whose foreign policy judgment was highly suspect. While there was bipartisan consensus on […]

Editorial Staff

"Belt and Road" Initiative, COVID-19, free and open Indo-Pacific, GSOMIA, Hong Kong, the Quad, US-China rivalry, US-Japan alliance, US-ROK alliance, Wolf Warrior Diplomacy