TheAsanForum

Open Forum

• Making Sense of the Russo-North Korean Rapprochement

  Stephen Blank
  Ostpolitik , pivot to Asia , rapprochement , Ukraine

• Beyond Geopolitics: South Korea’s Eurasia Initiative as a New Nordpolitik

  Kim Taehwan*
  " NAPCI , Eurasia Initiative , National security , Nordpolitik , pivot state

• China and India: Coping with Growing Asymmetry

  Swaran Singh
  Asymmetry , India

• International Peace in Asia: Will it Endure?

  Muthiah Alagappa
  armed peace , deterrence , international legitimacy , sovereignty , trust-building

• Looking Eastward to China: Beijing’s Central Asian Diplomacy and its Implications for China’s New Silk Road Initiatives

  Hasan H. Karrar
  bazaar , Central Asia , economic connectivity , informal economy , Maritime Silk Road

• Synopsis of Five-University Collaboration, Dec. 2014

  Gilbert Rozman
  Obama-Xi Summit , Six-Party Talks , TPP , Trustpolitik

Country Reports

Review Article

Forum Commentaries

National Commentaries

• "India-US relations:
  Developments from the Fall and Winter of 2014 to the 2015 Modi-Obama Summit"

Topics of the Month

December 2014

• Introduction to Topics of the Month

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  China Dream – 1

  William A. Callahan

  China Dream , Chinese civilization , pessoptimistic nationalism , Road to Rejuvenation , socialism

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  Comparative Southeast Asian Military Modernization – 3

  Felix K. Chang

  defense community , military cooperation

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  Comparative Southeast Asian Military Modernization – 2

  Felix K. Chang

  balancer to China's rise , maritime interests , mediator , militarization , South China Sea