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October 6, 2016 National Commentaries
Seoul’s THAAD decision and its implications for China-ROK relations

On the heels of China’s approval of tougher sanctions on North Korea—following Pyongyang’s fourth nuclear test—there was, for a moment, a sense that China’s policy on Korea was […]

Eun A Jo

Ballistic Missiles, China-South Korea relations, Nuclear Test, sanctions, Six-Party Talks, SLBM, THAAD, US-South Korean relations
August 24, 2016 Open Forum
Washington Insights

In the summer of 2016, Washington DC has been consumed with the Clinton-Trump race and the unprecedented revolt of the Republican national security establishment against their party’s presidential […]

Editorial Staff

alliance building, Cold War, rebalance, sanctions, Sea of Okhotsk, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Six-Party Talks, South China Sea, THAAD
September 24, 2015 Open Forum
China’s Interests, Actors, and the Implementation of Sanctions against North Korea

Following the first nuclear test by North Korea in 2006, sanctions were unanimously authorized by the UN Security Council (UNSC). Their stated aims were to dissuade North Korea […]

Catherine Jones

National security, Panel of Experts, sanctions, Sino-DPRK relations, UN Security Council
January 12, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (January 2015)

Deepening confrontation between China-North Korea-Russia on one side and South Korea-the United States-Japan on the other was the center of discussion over the last two months. As the […]

Editorial Staff

Eurasia Initiative, human rights, Korean reunification, Revisionism, sanctions, Yasukuni Shrine
October 20, 2014 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (October 2014)

Hopes for Japanese diplomacy had grown faint in the late summer of 2014. Russian relations had stalled, as Russia flexed its muscles with rare military exercises on the […]

Editorial Staff

ASEAN Asian dream, comfort women, Eurasian diplomacy, Japanese Abductees, Northern Territories, Putin’s visit, sanctions, Thailand, Ukraine, US pressure
September 2, 2014 Review Article
Japanese Publications on Japan-Russia Relations

Kaigai jijo, special Issue on turbulence in the sphere of the old Soviet Union, June 2014 Togo Kazuhiko, Hoppo ryodo kosho hiroku: ushinawareta gotabi no kikai [The Inside […]

Gilbert Rozman

China, Japan, Mini-Soviet Union, National identity, National security, Putin’s visit to Japan, Russia, sanctions, Sphere of influence, Territorial Disputes, Ukraine, USA
January 10, 2014 Open Forum
Synopsis of the CSIS/Asan Seminar: “Iran Nuclear Deal and its Implications for North Korea,” December 11, 2013, Washington, DC, CSIS

The seminar, co-organized by the CSIS and the Asan Institute, brought together prominent experts from the United States and South Korea for a timely discussion about the implications […]

Editorial Staff

Denuclearization, international linkages, Iran, sanctions, Six-Party Talks, transparency