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October 15, 2014 Open Forum
Synopsis of the Asan Institute-Pacific Forum CSIS Conference on US-Japan-ROK Trilateral Relations

This article is available in hardcopy & eBook format at the following site: http://www.palgrave.com/kr/book/9781137541703

J. Berkshire Miller

contingency planning, cornerstone and linchpin, energy security, Japanese Abductees, Park-Xi Summit, public opinion, threat perceptions
October 15, 2014 Open Forum
Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat (TCS) of China, Japan and the ROK

A new impetus for regional cooperation arose at the third Korea-Japan-China trilateral summit held on May 30, 2010 on Jeju Island. Upon agreement among the three heads of […]

Shin Bong-kil*

ASEAN, ASEAN+3, Northeast Asian economic region, regional cooperation organization, Secretariat, trust
August 11, 2014 Open Forum
Southeast Asia’s Developing Divide

The Asan Forum’s introductory Topics of the Month article on the present state of Northeast Asian strategic competition and regionalism by Sergey Radchenko shares much in common with […]

Malcolm Cook

ASEAN rebalancing, developing divide, foreign direct investment, FTAs, maritime-continental divide, multilateralism, Regionalism, Southeast Asia
August 11, 2014 Open Forum
What to Make of Xi Jinping’s Vision for Asian Security?

In May 2014, presidents Obama and Xi both gave important national security addresses. At West Point, Obama presented a broad vision for the future of US global leadership, […]

Joel Wuthnow

CICA, major venue diplomacy, Maritime Silk Road, New Silk Road, peripheral diplomacy, SCO, vision for Asian security
August 11, 2014 Open Forum
The Asan Forum on the Occasion of Its First Anniversary

A new journal in a crowded field at a time when specialists on ongoing international relations in the Asia-Pacific are inundated with online information does not readily attract […]

Gilbert Rozman

August 11, 2014 Open Forum
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization: A Fading Star?

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) stands at a pivotal point in its history. On the one hand, the growing ties between Russia and China as well as the […]

Richard Weitz

Afghanistan, Central Asia, CICA, CSTO, energy, Eurasian Union, mutual reassurance, security threats, Ukraine
June 13, 2014 Open Forum
China’s Charm Offensive to Korea: A New Approach to Extend the Strategic Buffer

It is understood that peace and stability have been China’s major security interest on the Korean Peninsula for many centuries. Given its strategic location and its geographical proximity, […]

Han Sukhee*

Ahn Jung-geun, Charm offensive, competition for influence, hedging, Jan Song-Thaek, Kim Jong-un, periphery diplomacy, public opinion
June 13, 2014 Open Forum
Evolution of Sino-Russian Defense Cooperation since the Cold War

Ever since 1989, when Russia and China agreed to normalize relations after thirty years of hostility, defense cooperation has remained a cornerstone of their relationship. Within this context, […]

Paul Schwartz

Arms trade, defense cooperation, joint military exercises, sea denial strategy, technology transfers
June 13, 2014 Open Forum
Why Values Matter in Australia’s Relations with China

Returning to Australia last year after five or six years away I had a Rip Van Winkle moment. Back in 2007, Wall Street was awash with cash, Europe […]

John Fitzgerald

Australia, Central Propaganda Bureau, immigrants, surveillance, trade-security linkage, UN Declaration of Human Rights, universal values
June 13, 2014 Open Forum
South Korea’s Place in China’s Foreign Policy Discourse

Xi Jinping’s foreign policy agenda for the next ten years envisions a “new type of major power relations” (xinxing daguo guanxi) and proactive, “peripheral diplomacy” (zhoubian waijiao) with […]

See-Won Byun

history cooperation, new type of major power relations, peripheral diplomacy, political distrust, US-ROK alliance