2012FEB13 Issue Briefs [Issue Brief No. 18] Keeping a Comfortable Distance: Myanmar’s Reforms, the American “Pivot to Asia” and Implications for … By Jonathan T. Chow Since the middle of 2011, the nominally civilian govern […] Tags : ASEAN, China, Jonathan Chow, Myanmar, reform, Trans-Pacific Partnership
2012JAN31 Issue Briefs [Issue Brief No. 17] Preparing for North Korean Collapse1 By Jennifer Lind The death of Kim Jong-il has fueled increased concern a […] Tags : China, Collapse, humanitarian aid, Jennifer Lind, North Korea, Refugee
2011DEC19 Issue Briefs [Issue Brief No. 16] Next Steps with North Korea and the Six-Party Talks By Ralph A. Cossa Are the Six-Party Talks, ostensibly aimed at bringing a […] Tags : DPRK, North Korea, Pacific Forum CSIS, Ralph Cossa, Six Party Talks
2011DEC15 Issue Briefs Yellow Sea Turning Red: Darker Views of China among South Koreans By Woo Jung-Yeop, Leif-Eric Easley Next year marks the 20th anniversary of the establishme […] Tags : China, Poll, public opinion, yellow sea
2011NOV21 Issue Briefs [Issue Brief No. 14] 2011 Seoul Mayoral By-Election By Kim Jiyoon, Karl Friedhoff With 48.6% of voters going to the polls, the Seoul Mayo […] Tags : GP (Grand National Party, Poll, Senuri, Seoul Mayoral Election
2011JUL20 Issue Briefs [Issue Brief No. 13] Lessons from Fukushima: A New ″Carrot & Stick″ Approach to Nuclear Safety By Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress Introduction While the Fukushima Daiichi reactor crisis […] Tags : Frenc Dalnoki-Veress, Fukukshima Daiichi, Japan, Nuclear, Nuclear power plant, nuclear safety, TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company)
2011JUN22 Issue Briefs [Issue Brief No. 12] Toward the Global Norm: Supporting the Minimization of Highly Enriched Uranium in the Civilian Sector By Miles A. Pomper Over the past three decades, the United States has led […] Tags : Belarus, Civilian, HEU (Highly Enriched Uranium), IAEA, LEU (Low Enriched Uranium), Miles Pomper, Nuclear, Nuclear Security Summit, Russia
2011JUN07 Issue Briefs [Issue Brief No. 10] The Slow Emergence of an Obama Foreign and Security Policy and the Outlook for Asia By Patrick M. Cronin Despite sharp differences with his predecessor, George […] Tags : Arab Spring, Asia, China, Clinton, Foreign and Security Policy, Kissinger, Middle East, North Korea, Obama, Patrick Cronin, policy
2011MAY25 Issue Briefs Analysis of the 4.27 Special Election Results and the 2012 Presidential Election By Kim Jiyoon The special election held on April 27, 2011 to fill 38 […] Tags : April Special Election, Bundang, Democratic Party (DP), Gimhae, Grand National Party (GNP, Korean politics, Park Geun-hye, People's Participation Party (PPP), presidential election, Saenuri)
2011APR18 Issue Briefs THE KOREAN DEFENSE REFORM 307 PLAN by Bruce W. Bennett, The RAND Corporation By Bruce W. Bennett THE KOREAN DEFENSE REFORM 307 PLAN by Bruce W. Bennett, […] Tags : Bruce Bennett, Cheonan, defense reform, military, North Korea, Provocations, RAND, US Military Forces