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July 3, 2017 Open Forum
Japan’s Feelings of Marginalization in Spring 2017 and the US Factor

At this time of extraordinary flux, for some, Japan looms as an embodiment of stability and sound realist judgment. For others, it remains mired in the post-Cold War […]

Gilbert Rozman

Abe-Trump summit, BRI, Moon-Trump summit, TPP, Trump-Xi Summit, US-Japan alliance
July 3, 2017 Open Forum
Washington Insights (Vol. 5, No. 3)

In May and June, challenges mounted for observers of foreign relations in the Asia-Pacific region. Donald Trump kept throwing US policy into question. Clashing views of the Belt […]

Editorial Staff

BRI, Donald Trump, G2, TPP, US-Japan alliance, US-ROK alliance
March 27, 2017 Open Forum
Recent Views in Japan Concerning Sino-Russian Relations

How Japanese officials, media, and academics interpret the state of the relationship between China and Russia matters for Japan’s diplomacy with both countries and its foreign policy more […]

Yoko Hirose

8-point economic cooperation plan, Abe Shinzo, Arms sales, Balance of power, BRICS, energy, G7, India, Kuril Islands, media, NATO, Northern Territories, Putin, sanctions, SCO, Senkaku Islands, Six-Party Talks, South China Sea, Territorial Disputes, Trump, Ukraine, US-Japan alliance, Vietnam, Xi Jinping
March 23, 2017 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (March 2017)

In the first months of 2017, the cloud of impeachment hung heavily over South Korea’s foreign policy, while China’s anger at the THAAD deployment kept growing, and signs […]

Editorial Staff

Arms Race, ASEAN, comfort women, Eurasia Initiative, impeachment, India, Kaesong Industrial Complex, Kim Jong-nam, missile tests, NAPCI, Park Geun-hye, ROK-US Alliance, strategic patience, THAAD, Trump, Trustpolitik, US-Japan alliance, Vietnam, Xi Jinping
February 2, 2017 National Commentaries
A Japanese Perspective

On February 11, 2017, after having played golf with Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, President Donald Trump tweeted; "Having a great time hosting Prime Minister Abe in the United […]

Hosoya Yuichi*

Abe Shinzo, cost sharing, Diaoyu islands, liberal internationalism, NATO, Obama, pivot to Asia, rebalance, Senkaku Islands, Territorial Disputes, Trump, US-Japan alliance
September 12, 2014 Topics of the Month
Japanese Politics Concerning Collective Self-Defense – 2

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

Hosoya Yuichi*

collective self-defense, internationalists, isolationists, pacifism, public opinion, TPP, US-Japan alliance
June 13, 2014 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (May 2014)

With Russia’s attention having been primarily focused on the Ukrainian crisis in the past months, the coverage of Asia in Russian media and academic reports has been even […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

debt forgiveness, Gas deal, sanctions regime, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, US-Japan alliance