2019OCT23

Open Forum

Synopsis: DC Exchanges on US-ROK Relations

By Editorial Staff

The US-ROK relationship is overshadowing other interests in Washington regarding foreign policy in East Asia. The ongoing US-China trade war may appear …

2019OCT21

Country Reports

Country Report: China (October 2019)

By Danielle F. S. Cohen (assisted by Dong Jiaxin)

In the middle of 2019, Chinese experts evaluated the state of South Korea–Japan relations, which deteriorated sharply during the summer of 2019 with …

2019OCT18

Open Forum

Washington Insights, Vol. 7, No. 5

By Editorial Staff

No topic stirred as much interest in DC think tanks as the US-Japan-South Korean triangle. In the background loomed North Korea, leading to overlapping …

2019OCT16

Country Reports

Country Report: Japan (October 2019)

By Editorial Staff

Japanese foreign policy drew increased criticism in the summer of 2019. On the left, there were harsh critiques of Abe’s diplomatic failures with …

2019OCT07

Country Reports

Country Report: South Korea (September 2019)

By Kim Kimberly

August saw a series of missile provocations from North Korea in the midst of growing tension between South Korea and Japan; the hostility against one …

2019SEP30

Country Reports

Country Report: Russia (September 2019)

By Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

Three themes pervaded Russian writings on East Asia over the summer of 2019 after the G20 summit in Osaka: 1) China—its model, its trade war with the …

2019SEP09

Open Forum

Who Controls the Past Controls the Future: The political use of WWII history in Russia & China

By Katie Stallard-Blanchette

Under a perfectly blue sky in September 2015, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin strode out to the Gate of Heavenly Peace in the center of Beijing. This was …

2019AUG29

Country Reports

Country Report: China (August 2019)

By Danielle F. S. Cohen (assisted by Dong Jiaxin)

In the middle of 2019, Chinese experts assessed Sino–US relations under the Trump administration and explored the implications of the United …

2019AUG28

Special Forum

Introduction

By Editorial Staff

The G20 summit will easily pass into oblivion for its collective agenda, but it should long be remembered for …

2019AUG28

Special Forum

Abe’s Korea Policy

By Gilbert Rozman

Sandwiched around the G20 Osaka summit were Abe’s “honeymoon” with Trump, called the best …