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December 23, 2015 Special Forum
North Korea’s Place in Sino-Russian Relations and Identities

Sino-Russian relations and the attitudes of each toward the Korean Peninsula have drawn close scrutiny of late, including recent writings by me.1 The Asan Forum has carried relevant […]

Gilbert Rozman

3 vs. 3 regionalism, 5 vs. 1, National security, Six-Party Talks
December 23, 2015 Special Forum
Sino-Russian Defense Relations Intensify

Between 1991 and 2006, Russian arms sales to China grew tremendously, as China eagerly sought to upgrade its military capabilities by incorporating advanced Russian military equipment and technology. […]

Paul Schwartz

Bilateral arms trade, Chinese self-sufficiency, Maritime military, National security, Peace Mission exercises, R&D, Western sanctions
December 18, 2015 Alternative Scenarios
Negative Scenario for Modi’s India “Acts East” Take Two: What Should It Be?

Without getting into a quibble with Mr. Twinning’s analysis, parts of which I respectfully disagree with, allow me to use this opportunity to rather take a long view […]

Manish Tewari

Indian exceptionalism, Indo-Japan relations, National security, Neighborhood diplomacy, Regionalism
December 18, 2015 National Commentaries
The United States POV: Southeast Asian Reactions to the Firmer US Posture in the South China Sea

"The November Summits in Retrospect" Summitry is often seen as a way for national leaders to directly hash out disagreements and reach some accommodation. That was not the […]

Felix K. Chang

National security, Regionalism, South China Sea Initiative
December 18, 2015 National Commentaries
The Japanese POV: Japan-US-Australian Trilateralism

"The November Summits in Retrospect" The “quasi-alliance” (jundomei) is an increasingly fashionable term of the Japanese government as well as the wider policy community in Tokyo to describe […]

Yusuke Ishihara

Capacity-building assistance, China gap, National security, Naval cooperation, Quasi-alliance, Regionalism, Rules-based order
December 7, 2015 Open Forum
Washington Insights (Vol. 3, No. 6)

Park Geun-hye’s visit to Washington, the aftermath of Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington, the state of Japan’s military, Russia’s assertive policy toward Japan, and the state of Central […]

Editorial Staff

Central Asia, East Asian security, National security, Sino-US Relations
December 7, 2015 Open Forum
South Korea’s Middle Power Multilateral Diplomacy:1 Optimistic and Pessimistic Views

Throughout the second half of 2015, President Park Geun-hye has engaged in active summit diplomacy and tried to play the role of reconciler-in-chief. For instance, she took credit […]

Lee Shin-wha*

MIKTA, NAPCI, National security, Regionalism, Trustpolitik
December 3, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (December 2015)

The September 28 Yomiuri Shimbun argued that anti-Americanism is the crux of the opposition to the new law on collective self-defense. Reviewing a book by Miura Ruri (juxtaposing […]

Editorial Staff

Internationalism, Japan-US alliance, National security, ROK-Sino Relations
November 23, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (November 2015)

The first half of the fall was a trying period for South Korean diplomacy, which the conservative and progressive media viewed differently. There was a persistent sense of […]

Editorial Staff

National security, Park-Obama Summit, Regionalism, Reunification diplomacy, ROK-Sino Relations, ROK-US relations
November 17, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (November 2015)

Iurii Belobrov in the November Mezhdunarodnaya zhizn’ argued that Russia and China each on its own cannot match the US strategy to strengthen its presence in the Asia-Pacific […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

China, Eurasia, National security, One Belt One Road, Regionalism