2022JUL01

Country Reports

Country Report: South Korea (June 2022)

By Jung Seyoon

Country Report: South Korea (May & June 2022) Munkyoung Shin and Jung Seyoon President Yoon Suk-yeol’s first two months in office gave a …

2022JUN07

Open Forum

Synopsis of Indian Thinking about China, 2018-2022

By Constantino Xavier

On May 23-24, 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Tokyo for the Quad summit amid intense scrutiny of India’s positions on the Ukraine War (then …

2022MAY23

Open Forum

20 Ways China Is Losing the Ukraine War

By Gilbert Rozman

In the spring of 2022 after the contours of the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine had become clear, the impact on China also became apparent. …

2022MAY23

Country Reports

Country Report: Russia (May 2022)

By Editorial Staff

The February 4, 2022 joint statement of Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping launched a new phase in Sino-Russian relations, which acquired clear meaning when …

2022MAY11

Special Forum

Revisiting Russia’s “Turn to the East” amid the Ukraine War

By Editorial Staff

A decade after Vladimir Putin declared that Russia would “Turn to the East,” he invaded Ukraine in the largest land war in the West since World War …

2022APR28

Country Reports

Country Report: South Korea (April 2022)

By Shin Munkyoung

Country Report: South Korea (March & April 2022) Shin Munkyoung and Jung Seyoon The outcome of South Korea’s presidential election in which the …

2022APR28

Country Reports

Country Report: Japan (April 2022)

By Editorial Staff

Country Report: Japan (March-April 2022) Only one subject, understandably, has preoccupied Japanese media coverage of foreign relations over the past two …

2022MAR21

Special Forum

Tracking Japanese Thinking toward Asia: Early Abe, the Korean Peninsula, and Australia

By Editorial Staff

This Special Forum approaches Japanese foreign policy from three angles. First, it tracks the momentous shift in thinking that occurred during the first …

2022MAR21

Special Forum

Tracking the Big Shift in Japan’s Foreign Policy Thinking toward Asia, 2013-2016

By Gilbert Rozman

Tracking the Big Shift in Japan’s Foreign Policy Thinking toward Asia, 2013-2016 Gilbert Rozman Taking office at the end of 2012, Prime Minister …

2022MAR21

Special Forum

Tracking the Downswings in a ‘Virtual Alliance’: Japan’s Policy toward the Korean Peninsula over a Decade

By Brad Glosserman

This year, 2022, could be critical for Japan-ROK relations. The relationship has been in free fall for a decade—although there were a couple of moments …