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January 25, 2014 Special Forum
National Identity under Transformation: New Challenges to South Korea

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

Kim Jiyoon*

civic identity, ethnic identity, homogeneity, Koreanness, migration, unification
January 25, 2014 Special Forum
Russia’s National Identity and Foreign Policy toward the Asia-Pacific

Questions of national identity and foreign policy are usually linked when it comes to discussing Russia’s ambivalent relationship to the West, and especially to Europe. However, Moscow’s growing […]

Marlene Laruelle

Anti-Americanism, Asia, civilization, disillusionment with Europe, Europeanness, Sinophilia, Sinophobia
January 25, 2014 Special Forum
India’s Evolving National Identity Contestation: What Reactions to the “Pivot” Tell Us

Despite the massive transformations that have been underway in India’s economic and strategic realms since 1991, this article argues that the changes predicted by the realist theory of […]

Deepa M. Ollapally

Autonomy, civilizational entitlement, civilizational humiliation, realism, sovereignty, the rebalance
January 25, 2014 Special Forum
A National Identity Approach to Japan’s Late 2013 Foreign Policy Thinking

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

Gilbert Rozman

Autonomy, civilizational entitlement, civilizational humiliation, realism, sovereignty, the rebalance
January 10, 2014 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (January 2014)

Japan was on Korean minds in the final months of 2013, occasionally interrupted by new reasons to recall North Korea’s looming presence. The year ended with less reason […]

Editorial Staff

Jang Song-Thaek, military influence, multilateralism, Park-Abe summit, political stability, Yasukuni Shrine
December 20, 2013 Topics of the Month
Japan-Russia Relations – 6

The monthly articles that I have been writing since July on Japan-Russia relations are at an end, and this is going to be my final contribution to the […]

Kazuhiko Togo

eco-tourism, fisheries, hikiwake meaning, historical literacy, joint rule, right of residence, Territorial agreement
December 20, 2013 Topics of the Month
The China Dream – 6

This last monthly posting on the “China Dream” discusses the development related to the “China Dream” since November 18 and reflects on what I have learned for the […]

Ming Wan

ADIZ, ethnic assimilation, Third Plenum, Xi Jinping
December 20, 2013 Open Forum
A New Type of Relationship between Major Countries and South Korea: Historical and Strategic Implications

After the Sino-US summit at Sunnylands on June 7-8, 2013, the Chinese idea of a “new type of great power relations” (xinxingdaguoguanxi, 新型大国关系) has, more than ever, attracted […]

Kim Hankwon*

ADIZ, Balance of power, collective security system, Document No. 9, landmark Sino-US summits, missile defense, New type of great power relations, pivot to Asia
December 9, 2013 Open Forum
Washington Insights: Issue 3

With this issue we begin an addition to the Open Forum, reflecting on recent conferences and talks in Washington, DC and by high US officials on the themes […]

Editorial Staff

No. 1 ally, North Korea’s priority, principled realism, Trustpolitik, what is rebalancing, Who is No. 1
December 6, 2013 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (December 2013)

In 2013 attitudes toward other countries did not substantially change in contrast to the tectonic changes of 2012, when Japanese awakened to a dangerous region. In the annual […]

Editorial Staff

2+2 Meetings, Active pacifism, cultural arrogance, feeling friendly, historical honor, schools toward South Korea, spheres of influence, status quo power