The Asan Forum

Open Forum

• 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

• Synopsis of the CSIS/Asan Seminar: “Iran Nuclear Deal and its Implications for North Korea,” December 11, 2013, Washington, DC, CSIS

  Editorial Staff
  Denuclearization , international linkages , Iran , sanctions , Six-Party Talks

• Power Shifts and Policy Dilemmas in Northeast Asia

  Han Sung-Joo*
  balancer , biding its time , normal state , Rebalancing , tandem development

• A New Type of Relationship between Major Countries and South Korea: Historical and Strategic Implications

  Kim Hankwon*
  ADIZ , balance of power , collective security system , Document No. 9 , landmark Sino-US summits

• 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

• Prospects for
  a North Korean Nuclear Deal

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  The Six-Party Talks and the P5+1: History Repeating Itself?

  David Asher

  Illicit Activities Initiative , Iran , P5+ 1 , Science and Technology Agreement , Six-Party Talks
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  A Joint Plan of Action for North Korea?

  Gary Samore

  effectiveness of sanctions , interim agreements , Iran , Joint Plan of Action , nuclear program
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  The Iran Nuclear Deal and Its Implications for North Korea

  Chun Yungwoo*

  confidence-building measures , existential issue , international community , Iran , legal regimes

Topics of the Month

February, 2014

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  Sino-US Relations - 2

  Robert Sutter

  ADIZ , domestic concerns , interdependence , Kerry , Medeiros

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  Japan-South Korea Relations - 2

  Park Cheol Hee*

  Abe , anti-Japanese , balanced diplomacy , China's sphere , Kerry

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  TPP - 2

  William W. Grimes

  Abe , capital controls , intellectual property rights , rules of origin , structural reform