2022SEP26

Country Reports

Country Report: Russia (September 2022)

By asanforum upload

Russian coverage in the late summer of East Asia centered on Sino-Russian relations with some interest also in North Korea and Japan. The impact of the …

2022SEP22

Special Forum

Introduction

By Editorial Staff

Overview of the Years 2017-2019 and View of Europe The two articles in this Special Forum cover Abe’s foreign policy focused on Europe—the foundation …

2022SEP22

Special Forum

Japanese Thinking toward the Indo-Pacific, 2017-2019

By Gilbert Rozman

In 2017-19 Abe’s legacy was determined under a rapidly changing regional environment. Was it to be reassertion of Japan’s great power standing or …

2022SEP22

Special Forum

Japan and Europe: A Marriage of Convenience Matures

By Brad Glosserman

There is only one conclusion to be drawn from Japan’s ever more intimate security relationship with Europe: the world is getting smaller. A region once …

2022AUG31

Country Reports

Country Report: South Korea (August 2022)

By Shin Munkyoung

In July and August, the strategic dilemma of South Korea in navigating the contest between the US and China was put into sharp relief by the ratcheted-up …

2022AUG09

Country Reports

Country Report: Japan (July 2022)

By Editorial Staff

The year 2022 has unfolded strikingly differently from Japanese expectations. Although already in retirement, Abe Shinzo had set the agenda that was …

2022AUG09

Country Reports

Country Report: Russia (July 2022)

By Editorial Staff

The shadow of the Ukraine war loomed large over Russian writings on East Asia, whether China, the Korean Peninsula, Japan, or the BRICS. China’s …

2022JUL26

Special Forum

Introduction

By Editorial Staff

The four years from 2016 through 2019 were the most eventful in the post-democratization and post-Cold War period of South Korean history. Three goals …

2022JUL26

Special Forum

Great Hopes, Shattered Dreams

By Sue Mi Terry

President Park Geun-hye entered office with high hopes of making progress with the North by pursuing a more balanced, middle-of-the-road policy than her …

2022JUL26

Special Forum

Candlelight Mandate, Moonshine Diplomacy, and Partisan Narratives

By Eun A Jo

In 2016, conservative president Park Geun-hye’s trustpolitik crumbled with North Korea’s nuclear tests. This triggered a barrage of policy …