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August 3, 2016 National Commentaries
Implementing Sanctions against North Korea：A US Perspective

By all accounts, the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2270 represents a significant and unexpected advance of the authority given to the UN and member states to pursue […]

James Walsh

Resolution 2270, South China Sea, THAAD, UN Panel of Experts
August 3, 2016 National Commentaries
Implementing Sanctions against North Korea：A South Korean Perspective

North Korea’s latest nuclear and missile tests have compelled the international community to issue the most comprehensive round of sanctions against it. UNSC Resolution 2270 not only strengthens […]

Go Myong-hyun*

Agreed Framework, Kaesong Industrial Complex, nuclear policy, Resolution 2270, THAAD, WMDs
August 3, 2016 National Commentaries
Implementing Sanctions against North Korea：A Chinese Perspective

North Korea’s repeated nuclear and missile tests have invited international sanctions, including those by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Since 2006, the UNSC passed six resolutions against […]

Cheng Xiaohe*

Agreed Framework, China-DPRK bilateral relations, China-DPRK trade, Non-proliferation treaty, Resolution 2270, Six-Party Talks
June 16, 2016 National Commentaries
A View from the United States: Defending Camelot

President Obama’s final G7 summit meeting occurred against the backdrop of a world in which the core values espoused by the G7—democracy, the free-market economy, and respect for […]

Frank Jannuzi

Brexit, Consensus-building, International norms, Musudan IRBM, TPP, UNCLOS Tribunal, US nuclear deterrence
June 16, 2016 National Commentaries
A View from Germany

The summit in Ise-Shima was already the third G7-meeting without Russia. (Germany had hosted the previous gathering in Elmau in 2015.) Japan, thus, worked particularly closely with Germany […]

Hanns W. Maull

German-Russian cooperation, ITLOS, Leaders' Declaration, Quantitative easing, Three arrows, UN sanctions regime, Wandel durch Annäherung
June 16, 2016 National Commentaries
A View from Japan

No other diplomatic event in recent years has benefitted Prime Minister Abe Shinzo more than the G7 Ise-Shima summit held on May 26 and 27. G7 summits held […]

Tanaka Akihiko*

Consumption tax, G7 Ise-Shima Summit, G8 Okinawa Summit, Global Fund, Health, Hiroshima visit, Infrastructure, Internationalism, Okinawa ID Initiative, Women
April 28, 2016 National Commentaries
A View from the United States

Inadvertent escalation or Chinese expansion? Two very different fears compete for attention in the proliferating discourse on the risk-rich imbroglio  of the South China Sea. Some fear an […]

Donald K. Emmerson

Nine-dash line, Pax Sinica, South China Sea, sovereignty, UNCLOS
April 28, 2016 National Commentaries
A View from Australia

From Indonesia’s perspective, the defense of its territorial waters from incursions and the protection of its natural resources from exploitation are key priorities. China’s aggressive behavior in reclaiming […]

Natalie Sambhi

Global Maritime Fulcrum, Maritime security, Natuna Islands, non-alignment, Pribumi
April 28, 2016 National Commentaries
A View from Indonesia

On March 20, 2016, a Chinese coastguard vessel intruded into Indonesia’s territorial sea near the Natuna Besar Island, the largest island in Indonesia’s Natuna Islands located in the […]

Ristian Atriandi Supriyanto

code of conduct, Illegal fishing, Indonesian-Sino March confrontation, Nine-dash line, sovereignty
February 12, 2016 National Commentaries
A South Korean Perspective

"US-ROK-Japanese Trilateral Security Cooperation"   Despite the practical necessity of trilateral security cooperation among the United States, the Republic of Korea (ROK), and Japan, conditioned by changes in […]

Choi Kang*

comfort women, Regional commons, Regionalism, unification