2025JAN10

Issue Briefs

Evaluation and Implications of the Indo-Pacific Regional Security Environment

[Issue Brief Executive Summary] Kim Dong-Seong, Senior Researcher, Gyeonggi Research Institute

Tags : extended deterrence, Geopolitical Strategy, Indo-Pacific Security, Korean Peninsula Security, North Korea policy, North Korea Threat, Regional Alliances, ROK Foreign Policy, ROK-US Alliance, US-China Competition

2017DEC21

Public Opinion Surveys

President Trump’s State Visit and Perceptions of Neighboring Countries:The …

By. Kim Jiyoon, Kim Kildong, Kang Chungku

[Asan Report] Kim Jiyoon, Kim Kildong, Kang Chungku

Tags : North Korean nuclear issue, Public opinion polls, ROK-U.S. Alliance, ROK-U.S. Relations, ROK-U.S. Summit

2013NOV14

Past Events

Asan Beijing Forum 2013, “Korea and China: Next 20 Years”

Session sketches, full videos, photos, and more are now available.

Tags : Asan Beijing Forum, Beijing, China, East Asia, East Asian economic order, East Asian regional order, Korean Peninsula, New Model of China-US Relations, Next 20 Years, politics of history, ROK-China relations

2013SEP23

Issue Briefs

Budget Driven Defense: Implications of Potential Shifts in US Defense Posture for the Korean Peninsula and the Asia-Pacific in …

By. J. James Kim

Sequestration and defense spending cuts in the US are a reality that South Korea must begin planning for.

Tags : Asia-Pacific, Budget Control Act, budget driven defense, DoD, DR307, DRP2020, LPP, North Korean military capability, Regional Issue, SCMR, SMA, US defense posture, US military, USFK, YRP

2013SEP02

Past Events

US-ROK-Japan Extended Deterrence Trilateral

Joint workshop between the Asan Institute and Pacific Forum CSIS.

Tags : balance of power, China, extended deterrence, military reform, national defense posture, North Korea, reassurance, regional stability, strategic perspectives, trilateral dialogue, trilateral relations, US-ROK-Japan relations

2013AUG26

Past Events

Bruce Cumings, “Back to the Future: Obama’s ‘Pivot’ to …

Closed roundtable with Bruce Cummings, chairman of the History Department at the University of Chicago.

Tags : Back to the Future, Bruce Cumings, closed roundtable, historical perspective, Obama Administration, Pivot to Asia, University of Chicago, US rebalancing

2013AUG11

Issue Briefs

Middle East Q&A: Iran’s New Moderate President and Resetting the Relationship

By. Jang Ji-Hyang, Peter K. Lee

Who is Hassan Rouhani and what does his election mean for South Korean interests in the Middle East?

Tags : DPRK-Iran relations, Hassan Rouhani, Iran, Iranian nuclear program, Middle East, reformist-centrist faction, Regional Issue, resetting the relationship, ROK-Iran trade relations, sanctions, US Iran policy

2013JUL02

Past Events

“President Park’s Southeast Asia Policy”

Asan-ROK MOFA joint closed workshop.

Tags : ARF, ASEAN, Asia-Pacific, correspondents, Korean Peninsula, MOFA, multilateral security cooperation, workshop

2013JUN26

Past Events

Richard Weitz, "U.S. Missile Defense and Its Implications for China, …

34th Dosirak Series with Experts with Richard Weitz, Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for …

Tags : Asan Dosirak Series, Asian implications, BMD, China, DPRK, Hudson Institute, Japan, MD, Northeast Asia, Richard Weitz, ROK, Russia, US

2013JUN24

Past Events

ASAN WASHINGTON FORUM 2013

Asan Washington Forum 2013The Asan Institute for Policy […]

Tags : 60th Anniversary, East Asia, enduring Alliance, Korean War Armistice, North Korean human rights, nuclear North Korea, nuclear weapons, ROK-US Alliance, ROK-US Mutual Defense Treaty, Security, virtual Alliance