2012DEC23

Issue Briefs

Right, Wrong, and Ahead : Why Moon Lost, Park Won, and the Road Forward

By Kim Jiyoon, Karl Friedhoff

Introduction President-elect Park Geun-Hye had an impre […]

Tags : Ahn Cheol-Soo, Asan Institute Survey, Chaebol, DUP (Democratic United Party), Moon Jae-In, Park Geun-hye, presidential election, public opinion

2012DEC20

Issue Briefs

Korea’s Public Diplomacy: A New Initiative for the Future

By Ma Young Sam, Song Jung-he, Dewey E. Moore

Better coordination across all functions and levels of government is needed to project a clear unified vision of Korea’s future.

Tags : Global Enterprises, Global Korea, MOFAT, NGO, public diplomacy, soft power

2012DEC16

Issue Briefs

Eurasia’s Historic Continentalist Transition: Implications for the Broader World

By Kent E. Calder

The engagement of free-market democracies will be crucial in discouraging perverse continentalist configurations from dominating …

Tags : energy, Eurasia, export, import, Kent Calder, new Continentalism, Oil

2012DEC16

Issue Briefs

‘Bulging Ideas’: Making Korea’s Public Diplomacy Work

By Nicholas CULL

What are the guidelines for developing effective public diplomacy?

Tags : economy, Nicholas Cull, public diplomacy, Smart Power

2012NOV29

Issue Briefs

No Hope Without Change: Myanmar’s Reforms and Lessons for North Korea1

By Jonathan T. Chow, Leif-Eric Easley

Does Myanmar provide a viable model for North Korea to follow?

Tags : ASEAN, geopolitics, Myanmar, North Korea, reform, regional security

2012NOV27

Issue Briefs

Impact of Presidential Elections on North Korea Policy1

By Bruce Klingner

How will the US and ROK presidential elections affect policies towards North Korea?

Tags : Bruce Klingner, Heritage Foundation, military, North Korea, North Korea policy, policy, presidential election, US policy

2012NOV21

Issue Briefs

To Apologize and To Forgive: Lessons for Asia from Europe’s Struggle with History

By Thomas U. Berger, Bong Youngshik

Improved Japanese-Korean relations can provide the kernel around which a truly integrated East Asia can form.

Tags : Comfort Women, Dokdo, Europe, Germany, Guilt, History, Japan, reconciliation, Regional Issue, Thomas Rerger

2012NOV05

Issue Briefs

The Significance of the 2012 US Election for South Korea

By J. James Kim

An insight into how the US electoral outcome may potentially influence South Korea’s national security and/or economy.

Tags : Afghanistan, China, Iran, Middle East, Obama Administration, Pakistan, Poll, presidential election, public opinion, US Budget, US policy

2012OCT31

Issue Briefs

[Issue Brief No. 32] Regional Efforts to Advance Democracy and Human Rights in Asia: APID, the PG20, and a Possible GGAIN1

By Donald K. Emmerson

Mongolia is the 2011-2013 chair of the Community of Dem […]

Tags : APDP (Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership), APID (Asian Partnership Initiative for Democracy), BDF (Bali Democracy Forum), democracy, Donald Emmerson, human rights, Mongolia

2012OCT22

Issue Briefs

[Issue Brief No. 31] Ten Foreign Policy Issues for the Next South Korean Administration

By Troy Stangarone

While there has been little debate on foreign policy to […]

Tags : alliance, China, cooperation, Economic Policy, foreign policy, Japan, Middle East, trade, US