2013OCT18

Topics of the Month

Japan-Russia Relations - 4

By Kazuhiko Togo

September and early October have been relatively calm months, but nevertheless, both in international events …

2013OCT18

Country Reports

Country Report: Japan (October 2013)

By Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Iwaki Shigeyuki*)

As opponents of “collective defense” at home and abroad warned that Japan would start on the same path that led it to war in the twentieth century, …

2013OCT07

Open Forum

Introduction to the Open Forum

By Editorial Staff

In this issue of the Open Forum we present the case for China from three points of view. Ren Xiao elaborates on what China’s leaders mean by the “new …

2013OCT07

Open Forum

“Warring States”—The Coming New World (Dis)order

By Eric Li

The Korean Peninsula is the last citadel of a bygone era. Since the end of the Cold War, the United States as the reigning superpower has been the anchor …

2013OCT07

Topics of the Month

The ROK-US Alliance - 3

By Chun Chaesung*

Defining Future Goals of the ROK-US Alliance During the Cold War era, South Korea anchored its security policy …

2013OCT07

Special Forum

Introduction to Special Forum on Strategic Thinking about North Korea

By Editorial Staff

North Korea has been discussed widely, especially since Kim Jong-un took the reins after Kim Jong-il’s death. …

2013OCT07

Special Forum

Chinese Strategic Thinking Regarding North Korea

By Cheng Xiaohe*

In 2013, China is faced with the challenge of weighing the alternative goals of a favorable balance of power in …

2013OCT07

Special Forum

South Korea’s Strategic Thinking on North Korea and Beyond

By Lee Chung Min*

For more than six decades, South Korea has coped with one of the most enduring geopolitical asymmetries in the …

2013OCT07

Special Forum

North Korea in Japan’s Strategic Thinking

By Sheila A. Smith

Through the repeated cycles of North Korean missile and nuclear testing, negotiations, and sanctions that have …

2013OCT07

Special Forum

Russian Strategic Thinking Regarding North Korea

By Alexander Lukin

For Russia the DPRK is not a normal state. The two facts that it is one of Russia’s nearest neighbors and it …