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January 7, 2020 National Commentaries
A View from India

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) under a Pan-Asian framework has figured highly in South Korea’s foreign policy over the last decade. The New Asia Initiative (NAI) […]

Jagannath Panda

Act East Policy, CEPA, free and open Indo-Pacific, New Southern Policy, RCEP, US-China rivalry
January 7, 2020 National Commentaries
A View from Southeast Asia

The 2019 ASEAN-Republic of Korea Commemorative Summit was held in Busan from November 25-26 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of ASEAN-ROK dialogue relations. The summit – a high […]

Kuik Cheng-Chwee*

ASEAN-ROK summit, ASEAN+3 summit, Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, East Asia Vision Group, KOICA, KOTRA, Look East policy, New Southern Policy, ROK-Mekong summit
January 4, 2020 Alternative Scenarios
Positive Scenario II

Several developments since October threaten the current engagement cycle with Pyongyang. North Korea has warned the United States of an ominous “Christmas gift.”1 It has conducted two “very […]

Brian Kim

GSOMIA, Mount Kumkang, Trump-Kim summit, US-China trade war, Worker’s Party
January 4, 2020 Alternative Scenarios
Negative Scenario II

2019, which began with high hopes for progress in nuclear talks, is coming to an end amid escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Contrary to expectations, there was […]

Jina Kim

ICBM, Trump-Kim summit, US-ROK alliance, wartime operational control, Worker’s Party
December 31, 2019 Open Forum
Russian Commentary on South Korea in 2019

For the last three decades, since the breakup of the Soviet Union, the perception of South Korea in Russia has been generally positive. This has been true with […]

Artyom Lukin

Eastern Economic Forum, Finlandization, free and open Indo-Pacific, GSOMIA, Khasan-Rajin project, Korean wave, New Southern Policy, Nine Bridges Initiative
December 28, 2019 Open Forum
Chinese Economic Coercion during the THAAD Dispute

While the US-China trade war has dominated geoeconomic discussions in 2019, great power rivalry is far from the only domain in which economic instruments are being used in […]

Darren J. Lim

economic coercion, Economic Interdependence, exit costs, geoeconomics, Lotte, Made in China 2025, THAAD, Three noes
December 20, 2019 Country Reports
Country Report: China (December 2019)

In late 2019, Chinese analysts advocated for a Chinese conception of global governance to replace that previously put forward by the United States and the West. They urged […]

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

"Belt and Road" Initiative, community of common destiny, New Southern Policy, Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, THAAD, US-North Korean talks
December 10, 2019 Open Forum
Sino-Russian Local Relations: Heihe and Blagoveshchensk

Some argue that troubled cross-border relations defy extravagant claims made about Sino-Russian, such as that an alliance exists. Others argue that those ties have been troubled but have […]

Gaye Christoffersen

"Belt and Road" Initiative, Blagoveshchensk, China National Petroleum Corp, Gazprom, Heihe, Power of Siberia, Russian Far East, Silk Road Fund, Trans-Siberian Railroad
December 9, 2019 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (November 2019)

Through the fall, Seoul’s relationship with Tokyo has been at its nadir, but relations with both Pyongyang and Washington have also been deeply troubled. While conservative and progressive […]

Kim Kimberly

CVID, GSOMIA, Mount Geumgang, Pyongyang Declaration, Special Measures Agreement, Trump-Kim summit, US-ROK alliance
December 2, 2019 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (November 2019)

China was on Russian minds the most, relegating the Korean Peninsula to second among Asian interests. On the one hand, Putin’s announcement of Russia transferring its missile defense […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

"Belt and Road" Initiative, Eastern Economic Forum, Force of Siberia, free and open Indo-Pacific, INF Treaty, Nuclear non-proliferation, turn to the East