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August 3, 2015 National Commentaries
A Russian Commentary

"The Iran Nuclear Deal and the North Korean Nuclear Issue"   Russian policymakers, academics, and pundits who believe that the Iran deal was good and Russia stands to […]

Alexandre Y. Mansourov

Crimea annexation, Iran nuclear deal, National security
August 3, 2015 National Commentaries
An American Commentary

"The Iran Nuclear Deal and the North Korean Nuclear Issue"   The international nuclear agreement with Iran has generated some speculation about the potential for resurrecting similar negotiations […]

Bruce Klingner

National security, Six-Party Talks, Snap-back clause, Sony hacking
August 3, 2015 National Commentaries
A South Korean Commentary

"The Iran Nuclear Deal and the North Korean Nuclear Issue"   The nuclear deal reached in Vienna on July 14 between Iran and the six world powers, the […]

Chun Yungwoo*

IAEA, National security, September 19 Joint Statement of 2005, Six-Party, Talks
July 31, 2015 Special Forum
The US-China-Japan Triangle and the Concept of “ASEAN Centrality”: Myth or Reality?

ASEAN watchers may have heard of the adage, “when two elephants fight, it’s the grass that gets trampled; and when they make love, the grass suffers as well.” […]

Kuroyanagi Yoneji*

ADIZ, China threat, National security, Regionalism, US-China-Japan triangle
July 17, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (July 2015)

With the seventieth anniversary of the end of the war and the division of the Korean Peninsula coming up in August, diplomatic challenges continued, especially in South Korea’s […]

Editorial Staff

Middle Power Diplomacy, National security, OPCON, Regionalism, The China Paradox
April 30, 2015 Open Forum
A Stronger Korea-Mongolia Link in a Changing Northeast Asia

As the constellation of relationships that has dominated Asia for decades begins to evolve towards a new dynamic, the vocabulary of change has begun to foreshadow a very […]

Mark Minton

AIIB, MCA, Mongolia, NAPCI, National security, Regionalism, Ulaanbaatar Initiative
April 9, 2015 Special Forum
Four “Middle Power” Pivots to Asia

In this cluster of four articles on pivots to Asia, we expand the range covered in the Special Forum on pivots to Asia posted in the final issue […]

Editorial Staff

Middle Powers, National security, Sino-Russia rebalance, US-China rebalance
February 16, 2015 Open Forum
Beyond Geopolitics: South Korea’s Eurasia Initiative as a New Nordpolitik

Beyond Geopolitics: South Korea’s Eurasia Initiative as a New Nordpolitik 1 On October 18, 2013, at an international conference on Eurasian cooperation in Seoul, Park Geun-hye proposed the […]

Kim Taehwan*

Eurasia Initiative, NAPCI, National security, Nordpolitik, pivot state, Regionalism, trust-building
September 29, 2014 National Commentaries
A US Perspective

"Reassessing the Park-Xi Summit"   The growing ties between China and the Republic of Korea are among the most consequential changes in East Asian politics, economics, and security […]

Jonathan D. Pollack

comprehensive upgrading of relations, Economic Relations, FTA, hot in economy and warm in politics, major middle power, mutual respect, National security, trade dependency, US
September 29, 2014 National Commentaries
A Japanese Perspective

"Reassessing the Park-Xi Summit"   For understandable reasons, the Japanese paid rapt attention to the July 2014 Seoul summit between China and South Korea. Perhaps, the most compelling […]

Kimura Kan*

China, collective self-defense, Japan, joint ceremony of remembrance, missile defense, National identity, National security, public opinion, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Territorial and historical consciousness questions, US