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February 6, 2020 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (February 2020)

Ahead of Xi Jinping’s anticipated visit in spring, one might have expected Japan to be in an upbeat mood toward China, as was the case in advance of […]

Editorial Staff

"Belt and Road" Initiative, "Hate Korea”, China-Japan-ROK summit, free and open Indo-Pacific, GSOMIA, RCEP, Tsai Ing-wen
January 23, 2020 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (January 2020)

In December 2019, tensions increased on the Korean Peninsula as North Korea’s self-imposed year-end deadline approached. North Korea conducted two rocket engine tests at Tongchang-ri to pressure the […]

Yumi Ko

byungjin policy, GSOMIA, Moon-Xi summit, Mount Paektu, Strait of Hormuz, US-ROK alliance
January 23, 2020 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (January 2020)

An aura of bravado pervaded Russian publications at the end of 2019. Putin had succeeded in diplomacy around the world, reestablishing Moscow as a decisive voice in world […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

China-Japan-ROK summit, Greater Eurasia, GSOMIA, Moon-Xi summit, US-China trade war
January 4, 2020 Alternative Scenarios
Positive Scenario II

Several developments since October threaten the current engagement cycle with Pyongyang. North Korea has warned the United States of an ominous “Christmas gift.”1 It has conducted two “very […]

Brian Kim

GSOMIA, Mount Kumkang, Trump-Kim summit, US-China trade war, Worker’s Party
December 31, 2019 Open Forum
Russian Commentary on South Korea in 2019

For the last three decades, since the breakup of the Soviet Union, the perception of South Korea in Russia has been generally positive. This has been true with […]

Artyom Lukin

Eastern Economic Forum, Finlandization, free and open Indo-Pacific, GSOMIA, Khasan-Rajin project, Korean wave, New Southern Policy, Nine Bridges Initiative
December 9, 2019 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (November 2019)

Through the fall, Seoul’s relationship with Tokyo has been at its nadir, but relations with both Pyongyang and Washington have also been deeply troubled. While conservative and progressive […]

Kim Kimberly

CVID, GSOMIA, Mount Geumgang, Pyongyang Declaration, Special Measures Agreement, Trump-Kim summit, US-ROK alliance
November 27, 2019 Open Forum
Washington Insights, Vol. 7, No. 6

Against the shadow of impeachment hearings, the DC think tank community waited on three big developments in the Indo-Pacific region. The Sino-US trade talks riveted the international community […]

Editorial Staff

"Belt and Road" Initiative, America First, China-South Korea-Japan summit, free and open Indo-Pacific, GSOMIA, RCEP, THAAD, Trans-Pacific Partnership, US-China trade war
November 19, 2019 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (December 2019)

On August 24 after Abe surpassed Sato Eisaku as the longest-serving postwar prime minister, Mainichi compared the foreign policies of the two. Sato secured the return of Okinawa […]

Editorial Staff

"Belt and Road" Initiative, free and open Indo-Pacific, GSOMIA, RCEP, SCO, THAAD, Trans-Pacific Partnership, US-China trade war
November 4, 2019 Special Forum
Introduction

The breakdown in ROK-Japan relations in the second half of 2019 has sent shock waves across some countries and caused others to salivate about how their aspirations might […]

Gilbert Rozman

"Belt and Road" Initiative, 1965 Basic Treaty, comfort women, free and open Indo-Pacific, GSOMIA, Korea Fatigue, Korean War, US-ROK alliance
November 2, 2019 Special Forum
Japan

Without a doubt, Japan’s relations with South Korea are at one of the lowest points in the period since the normalization of relations in 1965. For some time […]

Sheila A. Smith

1965 Basic Treaty, comfort women, GSOMIA, March 1 Movement, white list