Positive Scenario I
Japan-Russia relations started gaining momentum from the beginning of 2016, and even for optimistic observers of that relationship, the tempo of activation that we see now is amazing. […]
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The EU and China: The Search for Simplicity
The relationship between the European Union and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is a very significant one. Most people can agree at least on that. It is […]
Regional Security Architecture in the Asia-Pacific: What Role for the EU?
Ever since the financial crisis crept from the United States to Europe in 2008, we have observed change in the international system, in general, and in Asia, in […]
A View from Japan
No other diplomatic event in recent years has benefitted Prime Minister Abe Shinzo more than the G7 Ise-Shima summit held on May 26 and 27. G7 summits held […]
Russian Authors on the Korean Peninsula and on Japan in Joint Publications
25-ia Godovshchina Ustanovleniia Diplomaticheskikh Otnoshenii mezhdu Respublikoi Koreia i Rossiei: rezul’taty i vyzovy (25th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the Republic of Korea and Russia: […]
Country Report: Russia (May 2016)
On April 12, Sergei Lavrov in Rossiiskaya Gazeta made clear Russian thinking about Mongolia, Japan, and China. His words for Mongolia spoke only of closeness: in history, today, […]
Washington Insights (Vol. 4, No. 3)
In April and May 2016, the extension and reinforcement of the international system drew repeated attention in Washington: bringing the Europeans into Asian security, solidifying cohesion with Japan […]
The Japan-US-Russia Triangle in 2016
The Washington-Tokyo-Moscow triangle has intermittently drawn attention since the 1950s for its potential to shift Japan’s foreign policy and alter the course of great power balancing. Until the […]
Reviving the US-Japan-Korea Triangle in South Korean Diplomacy
On March 31, 2016, President Obama, President Park, and Prime Minister Abe held a summit in Washington, DC on the sidelines of a nuclear security summit. They agreed […]