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December 1, 2014 Special Forum
The Russian Pivot to Asia

Vladimir Putin’s “turn to the East” (povorot na Vostok) greatly intensified in 2014. Of the various pivots to Asia it is one of the most controversial, but, at […]

Gilbert Rozman

APEC summit, Eurasian Economic Union, Eurasianism, Russian Far East Development, Silk Road Economic Belt, turn to the East
November 21, 2014 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (November 2014)

Russian articles on Russia’s “turn to the East” are full of confidence, concentrate on the big picture, and constantly repeat assumptions hardened over the previous half-year. Rather than […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

BRICS, India, international relations framework, Russo-Japanese relations, Southeast Asia, turn to the East
November 10, 2014 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (November 2014)

South Korean newspapers have recently focused on parallels in international relations. As they follow developments in Ukraine and Hong Kong and keep their gaze on North Korea, they […]

Editorial Staff

Agreed Framework, Civilizations, Hong Kong, Regionalism, reorganization of Asia, THAAD, Ukraine
October 17, 2014 Special Forum
Sino-Japanese Competition and Its Multilateral Implications

While eyes are fixed on the Sino-US competition in East Asia, there is also a competition for influence between China and Japan. In the decade of the 2000s, […]

Editorial Staff

demonization, India, multilateralism, Southeast Asia, Territorial Disputes, triangular relations, Vietnam
October 17, 2014 Special Forum
Vietnam Among the Powers: Struggle & Cooperation

  *The views expressed in this paper are those of the author and are not presented as those of the Congressional Research Service or the Library of Congress. […]

Mark Manyin

Arms sales, ASEAN, collective self-defense, communist party, equidistance, great power rivalry, oil rig, South China Sea, the Philippines, tourism, Vietnam
October 15, 2014 Open Forum
Malaysia-China Relations after MH370: Policy Change or Business as Usual?

Malaysia and China have seen one of the most cordial and productive relationships in the Asia-Pacific throughout the post-Cold War era, one with implications beyond their bilateral ties. […]

Kuik Cheng-Chwee*

ASEAN, flight MH370, hedging, Malaysia, Philippines, PLA navy, South China Sea, threat perceptions, tourism, Trade, USA, Vietnam
October 15, 2014 Open Forum
Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat (TCS) of China, Japan and the ROK

A new impetus for regional cooperation arose at the third Korea-Japan-China trilateral summit held on May 30, 2010 on Jeju Island. Upon agreement among the three heads of […]

Shin Bong-kil*

ASEAN, ASEAN+3, Northeast Asian economic region, regional cooperation organization, Secretariat, trust
August 19, 2014 Topics of the Month
India’s New Leadership and East Asia – 3

As befits a leading member of the Indian prime minister’s National Security Advisory Board, Pramit Pal Chaudhuri in his rejoinder adeptly lays out the nuances of India’s China […]

Daniel Twining

contested sovereignty, hedging, India, industrial corridors, Look East vs. Look West, military co-production, Military Modernization, Vietnam
August 11, 2014 Open Forum
Southeast Asia’s Developing Divide

The Asan Forum’s introductory Topics of the Month article on the present state of Northeast Asian strategic competition and regionalism by Sergey Radchenko shares much in common with […]

Malcolm Cook

ASEAN rebalancing, developing divide, foreign direct investment, FTAs, maritime-continental divide, multilateralism, Regionalism, Southeast Asia
August 11, 2014 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (August 2014)

On May 25, Yomiuri shimbun carried an article by Kitaoka Shinichi, who had chaired the advisory panel that had debated national security and defense capabilities. With the aim […]

Editorial Staff

collective self-defense, New type of great power relations, North Korea card, peripheral diplomacy, propaganda war, Ukraine, Vietnam