August 24,2016 Country Reports

Country Report: China (August 2016)

The Hague tribunal’s adjudication of the South China Sea dispute between China and the Philippines dominated Chinese foreign policy discussions in mid-2016. Chinese analysts also assessed relations with Russia and India, suggested structural reforms to encourage the resumption of the Six-Party Talks, and considered the implications of Japan’s new security laws. Hague Tribunal on the […]

Danielle F. S. Cohen (assisted by Dong Jiaxin)
arunachal pradesh , asean , diaoyu/senkaku islands , east and south china seas , eurasian economic union , hague tribunal , silk road economic belt , six-party talks , tibet , xinjiang
August 12,2016 Country Reports

Country Report: Russia (July 2016)

Articles in the spring and early summer of 2016 were split between two categories: those on Sino-Russian relations, affirming or refuting charges that they have failed to meet expectations; and those praising Russia’s ability to remain aloof from the major disputes in the Asia-Pacific while maintaining its great power role. The former tended to draw […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)
asean , asia-pacific region , east and south china seas , eurasian economic union , silk road economic belt , sochi russia-asean summit
August 12,2016 Country Reports

Country Report: Japan (August 2016)

In late spring and early summer, the focus of the Japanese media shifted from the G7 and Obama’s visit to Hiroshima to the South China Sea ruling and China’s angry response, followed by intensified pressure on ASEAN. The overall impact was for Japan to strengthen relations with the United States (despite nervousness about Trump) and […]

Editorial Staff
comfort women , donald trump , eeu-asean , g7 summit , hashimoto-yeltsin plan , senkaku islands , south china sea , takeshima , thaad
July 27,2016 Country Reports

Country Report: South Korea (July 2016)

Three international thunderbolts of late June and early July drew intense responses in the South Korean media. The decision to deploy THAAD in South Korea was recognized as destabilizing relations with China and Russia, affecting the diplomatic balance that Seoul had been striving to cultivate since the end of the Cold War. The international court […]

Editorial Staff (prepared by Han Minjeong)
cold war , russia-china-north korea , south china sea , thaad , us-japan-south korea