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June 17, 2019 Open Forum
Washington Insights, Vol. 7, No. 3

Trade overshadows security with human rights and democratization left on the sidelines in DC gatherings in the spring of 2019. The Hanoi summit left US-North Korean ties in […]

Editorial Staff

"Belt and Road" Initiative, 5G, free and open Indo-Pacific, G20, Hanoi summit, Huawei, THAAD, trilateralism, US-Japan alliance
May 28, 2019 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (June 2019)

In the first half of spring 2019, in the face of a difficult environment for diplomacy with North Korea, Sino-US relations, and ROK-Japanese relations, Abe Shinzo continued to […]

Editorial Staff

"Belt and Road" Initiative, free and open Indo-Pacific, G20, Northern Territories, Putin-Kim summit, Reiwa
February 11, 2019 Open Forum
The Struggle to Maintain Momentum in the Australia-India Partnership

In late November 2014, in the flurry of foreign visits that marked his early months in power, Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime minister in almost thirty […]

Ian Hall

Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement, EAS, G20, Malabar exercises, Quad, RCEP
February 7, 2019 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (January 2019)

Sino-Russian relations remain the bedrock of Moscow’s Asia policy, as reaffirmed by when the Russian ambassador to China recounted at the start of 2019 how relations had been […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

BRI, EEU, G20, Greater Eurasia, INF Treaty, SCO, Trump-Kim summit, turn to the East
January 31, 2019 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (January 2019)

The end of 2018 and the first weeks of 2019 saw the South Korean media obsessed with North Korea and its diplomacy with the United States and China. […]

Kim Kimberly

G20, Panmunjom Declaration, Pyongyang Declaration, Trump-Kim summit, Xi-Kim summit
September 29, 2017 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (September 2017)

The summer in Russia saw claims of optimism about Sino-Russian relations without much substance and amid some talk of having to move beyond megaprojects, which appear no longer […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

BRICS, Eurasianism, G20, Moscow-Kazan, Power of Siberia, SCO, Silk Road, SREB
August 16, 2017 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (July 2017)

President Moon made his international debut at the summit with President Trump in Washington and at meetings with the G20 leaders in Germany. His debut was generally considered […]

Editorial Staff

comfort women, G20, KORUS FTA, Moon Jae-in, THAAD, Trump-Moon summit
June 21, 2017 Country Reports
Country Report: China (June 2017)

In the spring of 2017, Chinese experts criticized China’s North Korea policy, assessed the implications of Moon Jae-in’s election, and evaluated South Korea’s middle-power diplomacy in the G20. […]

Danielle F. S. Cohen (assisted by Dong Jiaxin)

BRI, BRICS, Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands, G20, Middle Power Diplomacy, MIKTA, South China Sea, THAAD
February 24, 2017 Open Forum
The Limitations of “Global Korea’s” Middle Power

2010 was a pivotal year for the Republic of Korea: as host of the G20 Leaders’ Summit—the first non-G7 and non-Western country to do so—the relatively small country […]

Balbina Y. Hwang

anti-globalization, BRICS, Cold War, G20, G7, impeachment, liberalism internationalism, middle power, Middle Power Diplomacy, MIKTA, NAPCI, nationalism, Nuclear Security Summit 2012, ODA, OECD, Park Geun-hye, peace-keeping operations, Populism, proliferation security initiative, ROK-US Alliance, Seoul G20 Summit, spheres of influence, trade liberalization, Trump
December 20, 2016 Country Reports
Country Report: China (December 2016)

During the fall of 2016, Chinese experts continued to evaluate Sino-Russian and Sino-US relations. They drew attention to Japan’s “Taiwan faction,” assessed strengthening Japanese-Australian relations, and analyzed South […]

Danielle F. S. Cohen (assisted by Dong Jiaxin)

Abe Shinzo, ASEAN, Asia pivot, Australia, Balance of power, BRICS, color revolutions, Diaoyu islands, East China Sea, energy, Eurasian Economic Union, FTAAP, G20, Global Financial Crisis, great power relations, India, Iran nuclear deal, isolationism, middle power diplomacy One Belt One Road, Paris Climate Accord, rebalance, Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, Senkaku Islands, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Silk Road Economic Belt, South China Sea, Sphere of influence, Taiwan, TPP, Tsai Ing-wen