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November 13, 2015 Review Article
Japan and the International Order in the Age of Shifts in Power in the Indo-Pacific

Hosoya Yuichi, Kokusai chitsujo: 18 Seiki Europe kara 21 Seiki Asia e [International Order: From 18th Century Europe to 21st Century Asia] (Tokyo: Chuokoron Shinsha, 2012) Hosoya Yuichi, […]

Matsuda Takuya*

Balance of power, Internationalism, National security, Regionalism
October 12, 2015 National Commentaries
The South Korean Perspective

"The Challenge for Park’s Summit with Obama after Abe’s Summit."   As President Park Geun-hye prepares for her meeting with President Barack Obama on October 16, her visit […]

Lee Chung Min*

China's military parade, Japan-US alliance, Japanese SDF, National security, North Korea, Sino-ROK Relations
October 12, 2015 National Commentaries
The Japanese Perspective

"The Challenge for Park’s Summit with Obama after Abe’s Summit."   The most important factor we need to consider in directing our attention in East Asia to developments […]

Kazuhiko Togo

Article 9, CJK summit, National security, normal state, US security
October 12, 2015 National Commentaries
The US Perspective

"The Challenge for Park’s Summit with Obama after Abe’s Summit."   Positive US responses to Abe’s defense and history initiatives leave South Korea’s Japan policy in limbo. The […]

Larry A. Niksch

Balancing China, Japan-US alliance, Japanese SDF, National security
October 7, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (October 2015)

The shadow of history hung over Japan in the late summer as Abe’s statement was debated, the seventieth anniversary of the war’s end passed on August 15, and […]

Editorial Staff

Economic Relations, History Wars, National security, North Korea, Post-Cold War, ROK-Sino alliance, Russo-Sino alliance
September 24, 2015 Alternative Scenarios
Scenario of China’s Fault

In March 2015, Premier Li Keqiang gave a press conference following the conclusion of the annual National People’s Congress, in which he explained that China’s relationship with Japan […]

Amy King

CCP, Economic Relations, National identity, Re-Remember, Regionalism
September 24, 2015 Open Forum
China’s Interests, Actors, and the Implementation of Sanctions against North Korea

Following the first nuclear test by North Korea in 2006, sanctions were unanimously authorized by the UN Security Council (UNSC). Their stated aims were to dissuade North Korea […]

Catherine Jones

National security, Panel of Experts, sanctions, Sino-DPRK relations, UN Security Council
September 23, 2015 Open Forum
Washington Insights (Vol. 3, No. 5)

Four events drove discussions in DC in the normally quiet weeks of late summer. First, there was the Abe statement and the implications of historical memories for bilateral […]

Editorial Staff

History Wars, Japan-US relations, Nationalism Security, Obama-Abe summit, Regionalism, ROK-Sino Relations
September 21, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (September 2015)

On August 23 in Rossiiskaia Gazeta, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov wrote about the significance of the seventieth anniversary of war’s end for relations with China. Linking the struggle […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

European Union, National security, Regionalism, Silk Road Economic Belt, Sino-Russian Relations
September 17, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (September 2015)

Three themes concerning relations in Northeast Asia preoccupied the South Korean media in the late summer. Before and after the Abe statement, there was considerable interest in dealing […]

Editorial Staff

8.25 Agreement, Abe Statement, National security, Regionalism, Sino-ROK Relations