2022MAR02

Open Forum

Stepping Up to the Challenge and Embracing Pragmatism: Two Visions of Foreign Policy in the South Korean Presidential Election of 2022

By J. James Kim

The South Korean presidential election is only days away and, unlike past elections, the outcome is difficult to predict. There is, however, one thing …

2022FEB28

Open Forum

Washington Insights (January-February 2022)

By Editorial Staff

The beginning of 2022 saw Russia threaten war in Ukraine, China loom as an undiminished threat to Taiwan, and North Korea launch missile after missile as …

2022FEB14

Country Reports

Country Report: Japan (February 2022)

By Editorial Staff

Two themes have garnered the bulk of attention in Japan’s foreign relations at the beginning of 2022: (1) Japan-Russia relations in the context of …

2022FEB03

Country Reports

Country Report: Russia (January 2022)

By Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

In late 2021 and the beginning of 2022, close attention was paid to the Biden-Xi virtual summit, the summit of the democracies, Sino-US tensions over …

2022JAN20

Open Forum

China’s Rhetoric toward South Korea: Smile Diplomacy Baring “Wolf Warrior” Teeth

By Danielle F. S. Cohen

Awaiting a new president in Seoul, Chinese publications continue to treat President Moon Jae-in with tolerance mixed with low expectations and guarded …

2022JAN04

Country Reports

Country Report: South Korea (January 2022)

By Shin Munkyoung

As the 2022 presidential election slated for next March looms large, South Korean newspaper headlines in November and December were dominated by coverage …

2022JAN04

Country Reports

Country Report: Japan (December 2021)

By Editorial Staff

The autumn of 2021 was a time of transition in leadership without indication of any shift in foreign policy. The relationship with China had turned …

2021DEC29

Open Forum

Southeast Asian Naval Modernization and Hedging Strategies

By Felix K. Chang

For over a decade, Southeast Asia’s largest maritime countries—Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam—have engaged in extensive …

2021DEC29

China

Country Report: China (December 2021)

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

In late 2021, Chinese analysts devoted significant attention to the Biden administration’s global technology policy, asserting that technological …

2021DEC27

Special Forum

Introduction

By Editorial Staff

The period 2013-2015 in South Korean foreign policy was transformative for three reasons: (1) it exposed the fallacies in Seoul’s assumptions about …