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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
February 9, 2017 Special Forum
Competing in a Shared Order in Asia

Arguably the leading challenge for US national security strategy in the coming decade is to recalibrate the US role for a more multipolar world order. The geopolitical as […]

Michael J. Mazarr

A2/AD, AirSea Battle, anti-globalization, Asia pivot, Balance of power, East China Sea, hegemonic stability theory, Iran, military buildup, Multipolarity, nationalism, Populism, public opinion, rise of China, South China Sea, Taiwan, Thucydides trap, Trump
February 1, 2017 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (January 2017)

The leadership vacuum created in December has raised questions about the legitimacy of both the domestic and foreign policies of the South Korean government. With opposing party candidates […]

Editorial Staff

Abe Shinzo, Balance of power, balancer, comfort women, Denuclearization, GSOMIA, isolationism, Kaesong Industrial Complex, Korea Air Defense Identification Zone, One China policy, Populism, ROK-US Alliance, THAAD, trilateralism, Trump
December 16, 2016 Special Forum
Japanese Media on the Impact of Donald Trump’s Election on Japan and China

Japanese awakened to Donald Trump’s victory in disbelief, coining the label “Trump shock” to go with other “shocks” memorable in their history with the United States.1 A failure […]

Gilbert Rozman

Abe Shinzo, Abenomics, ASEAN, Asia pivot, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Balance of power, burden-sharing, containment, cross-Strait relations, Duterte, International Court of Arbitration, isolationism, Myanmar, One Belt One Road, Paris Climate Accords, Park Geun-hye, Philippines, Populism, protectionism, RCEP, rebalance, Senkaku Islands, Taiwan, tariffs, THAAD, TPP, trilateralism, Trump administration, Tsai Ing-wen, Vietnam, Xi Jinping
April 29, 2016 Special Forum
Synopsis of the German Marshall Fund’s Japan Trilateral Forum, March 1-2, 2016

Why is it important to forge a global triangular framework under the auspices of Washington, Tokyo, and Brussels? Triangularity was assumed to exist during the Cold War, but […]

Editorial Staff

AIIB, Asianism, Populism, Post-modern Syndrome, Refugee crisis