Oct 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 Abe statement in early August and the legislation that the Diet passed in late September (after the Abe cabinet’s approval in early July) have given new impetus […] Larry A. Niksch Balancing China , Japan-US alliance , Japanese SDF , National security
Feb 10,2015 National Commentaries A US Perspective "India-US relations:Developments from the Fall and Winter of 2014 to the 2015 Modi-Obama Summit" A Successful Summit Revives US-India Strategic Partnership In the late 1990s, after decades of geopolitical alienation during and the Cold War, President Bill Clinton called America and India “natural allies.” In the 2000s, the George W. Bush administration had […] Daniel Twining Balancing China , Economic Relations , Indo-US relations , Republic Day parade
Mar 07,2014 Open Forum Washington Insights: March 2014 The month of February was marked by a Japanese public relations blitz, to which DC audiences often responded, “where is South Korea in this strategy?” There was also a South Korean effort to fine tune and, presumably, rally support for a new strategy, which again drew the question, “how does Japan fit into the picture?” […] Editorial Staff Abe's Nationalism , Alliance trilateralism , Balancing China , Japan-ROK relations , Northeast Asia Peace and Security Initiative , Obama's visit to Asia