Apr 29,2016 Special Forum The Japan-US-Russia Triangle in 2016 The Washington-Tokyo-Moscow triangle has intermittently drawn attention since the 1950s for its potential to shift Japan’s foreign policy and alter the course of great power balancing. Until the late 1970s, Tokyo’s soft stance—a territorial deal in return for an autonomous foreign policy or an energy program boosting the Russian economy—was of prime concern, although it […] Gilbert Rozman 2 + alpha , Abe-Putin courtship , G-7 sanctions , Hikiwake , Northern Territories , Ukraine
May 18,2015 Country Reports Country Report: Russia (May 2015) Preparations for the May 9 Victory Day celebrations showcased Russia’s relations in Asia more than in Europe despite the fact that May 9 has long been recognized as V-E (victory in Europe) Day. While Kim Jong-un was expected until he suddenly had a change of plans, Xi Jinping was clearly the guest of honor. Articles […] Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova) EEC , SCO , Silk Road Economic Belt , Ukraine
Feb 27,2015 Country Reports Country Report: China (February 2015) An article by Zhong Feiteng in Waijiao pinglun describes China’s new Asian strategy. It observes that Europe has been the geopolitical center and Asia the periphery, and Great Britain and the United States have reigned as the leaders of the international system. With China and India rising, in the 21st century Asia is becoming the […] Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Dong Jiaxin*) ASEAN , Cool Japan , Indo-Pacific strategy , Korean wave , Maritime Silk Road , Peaceful Development , Ukraine
Feb 16,2015 Open Forum Making Sense of the Russo-North Korean Rapprochement Although the six-party process about North Korean nuclearization is moribund if not dead, ongoing informal discussions among those parties are robust and ever evolving. Because these multi-party relationships are so protean, they force us to devise an analytic framework for them. After all, these talks are about much more than Korean denuclearization. They represent an […] Stephen Blank Ostpolitik , pivot to Asia , rapprochement , Ukraine
Dec 11,2014 Country Reports Country Report: Japan (December 2014) As Abe stumbled in the fall of 2014, his defenders grew more aggressive. Initiatives to Russia, North Korea, and China faced one sort of problem or another. Even as Abe reactivated his pursuit of Putin, he was put in the awkward position in Brisbane of a G7 warning, which Japan could not avoid joining, against […] Editorial Staff AIIB , history issues , Japanese Abductees , normal state , Ukraine
Nov 10,2014 Country Reports Country Report: South Korea (November 2014) South Korean newspapers have recently focused on parallels in international relations. As they follow developments in Ukraine and Hong Kong and keep their gaze on North Korea, they are alert to similarities that can influence the foreign policy of the Park administration. The most significant overlaps are found between Ukraine and South Korea. The former […] Editorial Staff (prepared by Han Minjeong) Agreed Framework , Civilizations , Hong Kong , Regionalism , reorganization of Asia , THAAD , Ukraine
Oct 29,2014 Country Reports Country Report: China (October 2014) Ukraine (Russia), South Korea, India and, as usual, Japan attracted keen attention for their potential to alter the geopolitical environment in Asia. Ukraine’s significance is its impact on Russian relations with both the United States and China. In the case of South Korea its tensions with Japan and forward-looking diplomacy with China led to questions […] Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Dong Jiaxin*) Civilizations , hegemonism , India , Look East policy , New Cold War , new defense guidelines , Ukraine , US-ROK alliance
Oct 29,2014 Review Article Civilizational Polarization and Japan This article is available in hardcopy & eBook format at the following site: http://www.palgrave.com/kr/book/9781137541703 Gilbert Rozman Civilizations , comfort women , Constitutionalism , Hong Kong , polarization , right of collective self-defense , secrecy law , Ukraine
Oct 20,2014 Country Reports Country Report: Japan (October 2014) Hopes for Japanese diplomacy had grown faint in the late summer of 2014. Russian relations had stalled, as Russia flexed its muscles with rare military exercises on the islands in dispute. North Korea was delaying a report on the abductees, which Japan had been expecting in the middle of September. Possible meetings on the sidelines […] Editorial Staff ASEAN Asian dream , comfort women , Eurasian diplomacy , Japanese Abductees , Northern Territories , Putin’s visit , sanctions , Thailand , Ukraine , US pressure
Sep 29,2014 Country Reports Country Report: Russia (September 2014) While the world’s gaze centered on Russia’s relations with the West and the on-again, off-again confrontation over Ukraine, Russian publications paraded a new, more assertive outlook on Russia’s “turn to the East” (povorot na Vostok). Giving impetus to this was an early July meeting of ambassadors addressed by Vladimir Putin, the statements at which on […] Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova) BRICS , Central Asia , dead hikiwake , India , liberal secularism , New Cold War , turn to the East , Ukraine