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April 30, 2014 Country Reports
Country Report: China (April 2014)

Chinese writings in the past two months reveal a somewhat restrained, but dark, tone about regional security dynamics, especially with regard to China-Japan and China-US relations. The nationalistic […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Dong Jiaxin*)

Central Asia, China-US-ROK triangle, Economic Interdependence, Japan-Taiwan relations, Japan's defense strategy, Korean Peninsula, new type of major power relations, Regional security framework, Taiwan, Ukraine, US threat to DPRK, Vietnam
April 15, 2014 Topics of the Month
Sino-US Relations – 4

Assessing US-China Relations: How We Should Not Misread China?   On March 25, 2014, President Xi Jinping met President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the third Nuclear […]

Wang Dong*

ADIZ, freedom of navigation, Philippines, Ren'ai Reef, self-righteousness, South China Sea, vital US interests
April 11, 2014 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (April 2014)

February and March 2014 saw Japan much more isolated than at any point since the US occupation, but the shallowness and myopia of Japan’s media coverage stood out […]

Editorial Staff

Abe Shinzo, international society, Park Geun-hye, public opinion war, reparations, trilateral summit, Ukraine
April 11, 2014 Open Forum
Russo-Chinese Relations in Strategic Perspective

Russian and Chinese leaders regularly profess an ever-growing congruence of interests and ever-increasing economic, political, and even military cooperation. According to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in October 2013, […]

Stephen Blank

Arms sales, Asymmetry, energy, junior partner, Sochi Olympics, Ukraine, Ukrainian invasion, Vietnam
April 11, 2014 Open Forum
Evolution of Japan’s National Security Policy under the Abe Administration

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

Yamaguchi Noboru*

dynamic joint defense force, gray zone, National Security Council, National Security Strategy, proactive contributor to peace
April 11, 2014 Open Forum
The Budget This Time: Taking the Measure of China’s Defense Spending

1Early last month, China announced its projected 2014 defense budget of 808 billion yuan (roughly USD 132 billion), a 12.2 percent increase over the previous year. This continues […]

Andrew Erickson

Defense budget, military capabilities, New Historic Missions, transparency
March 28, 2014 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (March 2014)

Russia’s writings on Asia over the past two months included much on Russia’s pivot toward the Asia-Pacific, its relations with Japan, and its approach toward the Korean Peninsula. […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

debate on DPRK, economic integration, priority of Southeast Asia, Russia's pivot, Russian Far East development and security, Southeast Asia, Southeast Asia US World domination, Ukraine
March 25, 2014 National Commentaries
President Obama and Japan-South Korean Relations

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

Sheila A. Smith

Kono Statement, Malaysia, Nuclear Security Summit, Philippines, TPP, Visiting Forces Agreement, wartime compensation
March 25, 2014 National Commentaries
Circling the Square: History and Alliance Management

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

Lee Chung Min*

50th Anniversary of Normalization, Abe Shinzo, historical revisionism, Park Geun-hye, public opinion, trilateral summit
March 21, 2014 Topics of the Month
Sino-US Relations – 3

Obama’s Trip to Asia—How to Deal with China in the “Gray Zone”   President Obama’s visit next month to four East Asian allies and partners almost certainly will […]

Robert Sutter

Anti-submarine warfare, gray zone, rebalance, salami slicing, Second Thomas Shoal, security integration, Southeast Asia