Apr 07,2016 Review Article

Ex-ambassadors to Seoul Advise It to Change

G. A. Ivashentsov and Shin Beom-shik, eds., Bezopasnost’ i Sotrudnichestvo v Severo-Vostochnoi Azii: Sovmestnyi Dokument Rossiiskikh i Iuzhnokoreiskikh Ekspertov (Security and Cooperation in Northeast Asia: Joint Document of Russian and South Korean Experts) (Moscow: Spetskniga, 2015) Muto Masatoshi, Nikkan Tairitsu no Shinso (The True Face of the Opposition between Japan and South Korea) (Tokyo: Goku […]

Gilbert Rozman

Historical consciousness , North Korean threat , Sino-US Relations , trilateralism

Mar 25,2016 Country Reports

Country Report: Russia (March 2016)

Vladimir Lukin, after explaining shortcomings of the United States, wrote in Rossiia v Global’noi Politike, no. 1, about his conceptions of China and India. He praised Deng Xiaoping for controlling China’s not inconsiderable foreign ambitions to devote all energies to resolving severe domestic problems. Over the following three-and-a-half decades, China lost not in the least […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

EEU , Russian Far East , Silk Road Economic Belt , Sino-US Relations , TPP

Dec 07,2015 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 Asia were among the topics that drew scrutiny in autumn discussions in DC. In light of an upsurge in terrorism and great uncertainty over Syria, the pessimistic […]

Editorial Staff

Central Asia , East Asian security , National security , Sino-US Relations

Aug 18,2015 Country Reports

Country Report: China (August 2015)

Chinese articles in recent months have been unambiguous in asserting Chinese positions on issues in the forefront of international relations. They offer telling insights into the thinking behind official rhetoric on India’s more energetic foreign policy, South Korea’s pursuit of middle power diplomacy as in Park’s appeal for a Northeast Asia Peace and Cooperation Initiative […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Dong Jiaxin*)

Economic Relations , Middle Power Diplomacy , National security , Sino-US Relations

Jun 23,2015 Country Reports

Country Report: China (June 2015)

In Heping yu Fazhan, no. 2, 2015, Li Hongcai and Yang Guanghai took a broad view of security in Asia, citing Xi Jinping’s May 21, 2014 statement on the contours of such thinking. Xi had called on Asian countries to discard traditional thinking and forge new types of security relations. Recognizing that security in the […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Dong Jiaxin*)

constructivism , SCO , Sino-ROK Relations , Sino-US Relations

Jun 11,2015 Special Forum

Option 3: Reclaiming Diplomatic Ownership

During the more than five centuries of the Yi dynasty (1392-1910), Korea practiced one-dimensional diplomacy; it had only to take care of its tributary relationship with China. Within this arrangement, Korea enjoyed de facto independence except for ownership of its diplomacy, which Korea had to relinquish to China. This configuration is what some scholars refer […]

Choi YJ*

AIIB , multidimensional diplomacy , Sino-US Relations , TPP

Apr 30,2015 Open Forum

Synopsis of the Asan Plenum 2015: Is the U.S. Back?

[Agenda] The overall theme, “Is the U.S. Back?” provided the context for discussing in various panels timely issues concerning international relations in East Asia. Given the stress on US policy, this synopsis begins with views regarding Obama’s “rebalance to Asia,” proceeds to discussions of Sino-US relations, and continues with themes where the US role loomed […]

Editorial Staff

AIIB , Cyberwar , Russian Pivot to Asia , Sino-US Relations

Oct 07,2013 Topics of the Month

The ROK-US Alliance – 3

Defining Future Goals of the ROK-US Alliance During the Cold War era, South Korea anchored its security policy mainly to deterrence against the North Korean threat. The main functions of the ROK-US alliance were limited to the Korean Peninsula, leaving the regional role of the alliance rather underdeveloped. However, with the rapid emergence of South […]

Chun Chaesung*

Alliance functions , regional security architecture , Reunification , Sino-US Relations

Jul 19,2013 Special Forum

Another Cold War in Asia?

The biggest strategic challenge for policymakers in the Asia-Pacific is the peaceful integration of China into the international order. Within three decades, China has transformed from a rural society to the second largest economy in the world. As China continues to grow economically and its interests and influence expand, its neighboring countries and the United […]

Michishita Narushige* , Peter van der Hoest

Arms Race , Australia , New Cold War , Sino-US Relations , Southeast Asia , Trade

Jul 19,2013 National Commentaries

South Korean Perspective

"New Model of Great Power Relations" The New Sino-US Relations: A South Korean Perspective The top leaders of the United States and China getting together to jointly articulate a vision of a “new model of great power relations” is a welcome sight for South Koreans. As a country that relies on the United States for […]

M.J. Chung

Denuclearization , New Model of Great Power Relations , Obama-Xi Summit , Park-Xi Summit , Sino-US Relations