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November 1, 2022 Country Reports · South Korea
Country Report: South Korea (October 2022)

The early autumn of 2022 saw conservative and progressive news sources focusing on ongoing issues without the drama of the Ukraine War and the Taiwan Strait conflict rising […]

Shin Munkyoung

Indo-Pacific strategy, Taiwan, THAAD, Ukraine, Ukraine War, Yoon Suk-yeol
September 1, 2021 Country Reports · South Korea
Country Report: South Korea (September 2021)

With the end of his term drawing near, President Moon seemed to be in a race against the clock to revive the stalled Korea peace initiative. His August […]

Jung Seyoon

Afghanistan, Cybersecurity, OPCON transfer, Status of Force Agreement, THAAD, US-China rivalry, US-ROK alliance
June 30, 2021 Country Reports · Russia
Country Report: Russia (May 2021)

For a champion of multipolarity, Russia was increasingly feeling isolated with only one partner in the spring of 2021. The Biden administration was deemed hostile with no prospect […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

"Belt and Road" Initiative, Eurasian Economic Union, Indo-Pacific strategy, Russia-China entente, US-China rivalry
June 30, 2021 Country Reports · Japan
Country Report: Japan (June 2021)

The late spring of 2021 saw Japan solidify its alliance with the United States in a summit between Suga Yoshihide and Joe Biden and in the multilateral G7 […]

Editorial Staff

G7, multilateralism, Summit of Democracies, the Quad, US-China rivalry, Wolf Warrior Diplomacy
June 28, 2021 Country Reports · South Korea
Country Report: South Korea (July 2021)

On May 10, in a speech to mark four years in office, President Moon Jae-in again indicated his willingness to breathe new life into the Korean Peace Process, […]

Jung Seyoon

free and open Indo-Pacific, Quad Plus, US-China rivalry, US-ROK summit
June 11, 2021 Special Forum
The Quad: Contrasting Chinese and US Perceptions

For Washington, the Quad is the heir to what Obama called the “pivot to Asia,” the crux of what Trump accepted from Abe as the “Free and Open […]

Gilbert Rozman

free and open Indo-Pacific, New Cold War, Quad, Quad Plus, values diplomacy
October 23, 2020 National Commentaries
Chinese Cultural Policies in Tibet: A Perspective from India

Indians have at least two vantage points from which to view what is happening in Tibet. Large parts of Himalayan India border Tibet, and the perspective from these […]

Swati Chawla

communism, Dalai Lama, Narendra Modi, One Child Policy, Sinification, Tibet, Xi Jinping
April 13, 2017 Open Forum
Limits of Chinese Patience Toward North Korea and Prospects of Chinese Cooperation with South Korea

The Korean Peninsula is in a state of deep, growing insecurity. To the north, the Kim regime continues to launch ballistic missiles into the East Sea and prepare […]

Eun A Jo

Ahn Cheol-soo, Balance of power, core interests, Economic sanctions, Kim Jong-nam, Moon Jae-in, nuclear proliferation, presidential election, Six-Party Talks, THAAD, UN Security Council, US-China summit, US-ROK alliance
March 27, 2017 Open Forum
Recent Views in Japan Concerning Sino-Russian Relations

How Japanese officials, media, and academics interpret the state of the relationship between China and Russia matters for Japan’s diplomacy with both countries and its foreign policy more […]

Yoko Hirose

8-point economic cooperation plan, Abe Shinzo, Arms sales, Balance of power, BRICS, energy, G7, India, Kuril Islands, media, NATO, Northern Territories, Putin, sanctions, SCO, Senkaku Islands, Six-Party Talks, South China Sea, Territorial Disputes, Trump, Ukraine, US-Japan alliance, Vietnam, Xi Jinping
March 27, 2017 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (March 2017)

On February 10, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs carried an Interfax interview with Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov on Russian Asia policies in the past year. He cited […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

Abe Shinzo, APEC, ASEAN, Cold War, Denuclearization, Eastern Economic Forum, globalization, Greater Eurasia, India, Kuril Islands, Northern Territories, Pakistan, Park Geun-hye, sanctions, SCO, Silk Road Economic Belt, TPP, Trump, Xi Jinping