Country Report: South Korea (April 2025)
On April 3, South Korea’s Constitutional Court upheld the impeachment of former President Yoon Suk-yeol over his illegal declaration of martial law. His removal from office has ushered […]
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Country Report: Russia (March 2025)
Praise for China permeated Russian writings in the winter of 2025, sometimes backed by contrasts with Russia’s foreign policy choices in the late 1980s. Rejection of “universal values” […]
Country Report: South Korea (February 2025)
In just a few months since early 2025, US President Donald Trump’s impact on South Korea’s policy direction has been profound. On North Korea, Trump’s North Korea policy […]
Country Report: Japan (February 2024)
The foreign policy news in Japan over the first fifty days of Donald Trump’s second term as president was all about Trump. It was overwhelmingly negative. In the […]
Country Report: Russia (January 2024)
Russian writings on the Asia-Pacific region at the end of 2024 and into 2025 took note of shifts in leadership in South Korea and Japan as well as […]
India and the Quad: The Potential and Pitfalls under a Trump Presidency
The Quad Foreign Minister’s meeting convening on the sidelines of the inauguration of a new US administration under Donald Trump is significant. The meeting in the year India […]
Japan’s Quiet Preparation for War: How to Defend its People
“Implementation” has been the guiding principle for Japanese defense planners since the release of the most recent National Security Strategy (NSS), National Defense Strategy (NDS), and Defense Buildup […]
Introduction
Since the turn of the century, the US government has increasingly pivoted toward Asia by seeking a new regional architecture to bolster alliances and partnerships. Japan’s response to […]
South Korea and Japan’s Responses to the US Latticework for the Indo-Pacific System
Since the turn of the century, the US government has increasingly pivoted toward Asia, responding to anticipated Chinese aggression, such as toward Taiwan or in the South China […]
Chinese and Russian Designs for the Latticework of Eurasia
Chinese and Russian Designs for the Latticework of Eurasia Gilbert Rozman What do BRICS (named after early members Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa), the Shanghai Cooperation […]