2013OCT05

Open Forum

Economic Priorities and Geopolitical Advantages

By William H. Overholt

After World War II, the structure of geopolitical competition changed. New economic strategies created extraordinarily high growth rates that enabled …

2013OCT04

Open Forum

Modeling a “New Type of Great Power Relations”: A Chinese Viewpoint

By Ren Xiao*

Forging a “new type of great power relations” is a novel foreign relations concept that China has proposed and emphasized of late, drawing widespread …

2013OCT04

Country Reports

Country Report: China (October 2013)

By Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Pang Zengjun)

Chinese writings on international relations in the Asia-Pacific region continue to be the most prolific and informative in comparison to Japanese, …

2013SEP17

Topics of the Month

Japan-Russia Relations - 3

By Kazuhiko Togo

This is a quiet time in Japan-Russia relations without any indication of a transformative event ahead. Further …

2013SEP17

Topics of the Month

The China Dream - 3

By Ming Wan

This monthly post tracks developments around the “China Dream” since August 16, 2013. It continues to be …

2013SEP17

Review Article

Making Headway on the “Economic-Security Nexus": Contributions from Southeast Asia

By Evelyn Goh

What is the relationship between economic growth, interdependence, and competition on the one hand, and geopolitical security and stability on the other? …

2013SEP16

Country Reports

Country Report: Russia (September 2013)

By Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

Russia’s thirst for multipolarity on terms that would not require reconsideration of its assumptions about countries active in East Asia was on vivid …

2013SEP16

Open Forum

Asan Washington Forum Synopsis Part 2: The Alliance and North Korea

By Editorial Staff

In this second and final part of the synopsis of the June 24-25 discussion, we focus on the triangle with North Korea. This summation may be read in …

2013SEP13

Country Reports

Country Report: South Korea (September 2013)

By Editorial Staff (prepared by Han Minjeong)

In a speech delivered on the sixty-eighth anniversary of Liberation Day, Park Geun-hye said, “Japanese politicians need to show courageous leadership …

2013SEP01

Country Reports

Country Report: Japan (September 2013)

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

Coverage of Abe Shinzo in the Japanese media has centered on three familiar themes and on one that has gone mostly unnoticed abroad. The July 21 Upper …