2012MAR11 Issue Briefs Oil Price Stability Expected Despite the Iranian Crisis: Iran Striving for Depoliticized OPEC By Jang Ji-Hyang, Peter K. Lee International oil prices are likely to stabilize in the long-term owing to the cooperation-inducing systems within OPEC. Tags : economy, Iran, Oil, OPEC, sanctions
2012MAR08 Issue Briefs [Issue Brief No. 19] Japan’s Border Disputes: Dokdo at the Center of Bigger Things By Alexis Dudden Regardless of whether the European Union (EU) is a good […] Tags : Alexis Dudden, disputes, Dokdo, international law, Japan
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