The Asan Forum

Open Forum

• Russo-Chinese Relations in Strategic Perspective

  Stephen Blank
  arms sales , Asymmetry , energy , junior partner , Sochi Olympics

• Evolution of Japan’s National Security Policy under the Abe Administration

  Yamaguchi Noboru*
  dynamic joint defense force , gray zone , National Security Council , National Security Strategy , proactive contributor to peace

• The Budget This Time: Taking the Measure of China’s Defense Spending

  Andrew Erickson , Adam Liff
  Defense budget , military capabilities , New Historic Missions , transparency

• Japan’s Defense Reforms and Korean Perceptions of Japan’s Collective Self-Defense

  J. Berkshire Miller
  constitutional revision , Korean sovereignty , National Defense Program Guidelines , National Security Strategy , summit meeting

• Australia’s Relations with China in Turbulence

  Linda Jakobson
  image control , media bias , public opinion , right wing ideology , soft power

• Washington Insights: March 2014

  Editorial Staff
  Abe's nationalism , alliance trilateralism , balancing China , Japan-ROK relations , Northeast Asia Peace and Security Initiative

Country Reports

Review Article

Forum Commentaries

Special Commentaries

• Preparing for
  Obama's April Trip to Asia

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  President Obama and Japan-South Korean Relations

  Sheila A. Smith

  Kono Statement , Malaysia , Nuclear Security Summit , Philippines , TPP
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  Rebalancing and Entanglement: America’s Dilemma in East Asia

  Fujiwara Kiichi*
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  Circling the Square: History and Alliance Management

  Lee Chung Min*

  50th anniversary of normalization , Abe Shinzo , historical revisionism , Park Geun-hye , public opinion

Topics of the Month

March 2014

• Introduction to Topics of the Month

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  Sino-US Relations - 4

  Wang Dong*

  ADIZ , freedom of navigation , Philippines , Ren'ai Reef , self-righteousness

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  Japan-South Korea Relations – 3

  Park Cheol Hee*

  Kono Statement , North Korea card , strategic context , strategic weight , trilateral summit

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  TPP - 3

  William W. Grimes

  agricultural big five , automobile tariffs , Economic integrations , market-distorting institutions , TPP