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August 18, 2017 Country Reports
Country Report: China (August 2017)

In mid-2017, Chinese analysts were preoccupied with the North Korean nuclear crisis and the South Korean decision to deploy THAAD. They identified uncertainties in the South Korea–China relationship […]

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

comfort women, Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands, ICBM, secondary sanctions, Strategic accountability, THAAD, TPP, UN sanctions
August 17, 2017 Open Forum
The Strange Rapprochement: Russian Military Pressure Tactics on the Northern Territories Issue

For the past several years, Japanese diplomacy has paid great attention to relations with Russia. After the second Abe cabinet was established in 2012, beginning with his visit […]

Koizumi Yu

1956 Japan-Soviet Joint Declaration, Japan-US Security Treaty, Northern Territories, Senkaku Islands, Southern Kuriles
August 16, 2017 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (July 2017)

President Moon made his international debut at the summit with President Trump in Washington and at meetings with the G20 leaders in Germany. His debut was generally considered […]

Editorial Staff

comfort women, G20, KORUS FTA, Moon Jae-in, THAAD, Trump-Moon summit
July 29, 2017 Special Forum
Introduction

Over the summer of 2017, all eyes have been on the Northern Tier of Asia: North Korean relations with the United States, Sino-US relations and the Korean Peninsula, […]

Editorial Staff

BOR, BRI, Donald Trump, freedom of navigation, Malabar naval exercise, South China Sea, TPP
July 29, 2017 Special Forum
Australia

Australia is perhaps the ideal incubator for ideas, invectives, and occasionally, idiocies regarding a foreign policy challenge facing many if not most states today—how to navigate the disruptive […]

Darren J. Lim

1951 ANZUS Treaty, Donald Trump, FONOPs, Malcolm Turnbull, OBOR, Shangri-La Dialogue, TPP-11
July 29, 2017 Special Forum
ASEAN

For Southeast Asia, the halcyon days of the Obama “pivot,” which saw the president initiate the US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue, accede to ASEAN’s Treaty of Amity and […]

Liow Joseph Chinyong*

APEC summit, BRI, Donald Trump, FONOPs, South China Sea, TPP, UNCLOS, US-ASEAN Summit
July 29, 2017 Special Forum
India

Donald Trump’s ascension to the Oval Office has not buffeted US-India ties to the same extent as it has American relations with other key powers. In part, this […]

Daniel Twining

Act East Policy, BRI, CPEC, Donald Trump, Look East, Malabar naval exercises, Narendra Modi, TPP
July 29, 2017 Special Forum
Japan in Asia’s Southern Tier

One of the notable features of Japanese foreign policy since Prime Minister Abe Shinzo returned to power in December 2012 has been its robust engagement with the countries […]

Tatsumi Yuki*

Abe Shinzo, ADB, AIIB, BRI, Donald Trump, Fukuda Doctrine, ODA, TPP, trilateralism
June 21, 2017 Country Reports
Country Report: China (June 2017)

In the spring of 2017, Chinese experts criticized China’s North Korea policy, assessed the implications of Moon Jae-in’s election, and evaluated South Korea’s middle-power diplomacy in the G20. […]

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

BRI, BRICS, Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands, G20, Middle Power Diplomacy, MIKTA, South China Sea, THAAD
June 20, 2017 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (June 2017)

Despite his unsettling campaign rhetoric and transitional moves, Trump rekindled hope among the Japanese right and the left in his first two months in office; but in April […]

Editorial Staff

BRI, RCEP, South China Sea, THAAD, TPP, Trump-Xi Summit