2021FEB15

Country Reports

Country Report: Japan (February 2021)

By. Editorial Staff

The end of 2020 and beginning of 2021 saw Japan in a wait-and-see mood: knowing that Joe Biden would be the US president and that Suga Yoshihide would …

2021FEB02

Country Reports

Country Report: Russia (January 2021)

By. Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

Russian analysis at the end of 2020 and start of 2021 made clear Russia’s reality of becoming a junior partner to China, which was starting to …

2021FEB02

Open Forum

Biden’s Asia Policymakers

By. Editorial Staff

Despite credit given to Donald Trump for toughening US policy toward China and even trying a new approach to North Korea, his approach to the …

2021FEB02

Open Forum

The EU and China in 2021: Separate Discourses, Similar or Different Aims?

By. Kerry Brown

As the Biden administration seeks common ground across the Atlantic on China policy, it is timely to ask how similar or different are the objectives in …

2021JAN21

Country Reports

Country Report: South Korea (January 2021)

By. Sanghwa Hong

Attention drifted in November 2020 to January 2021 from the election of Joe Biden in the US to the visit of Chinese foreign Minister Wang Yi to action …

2021JAN11

Open Forum

Perceptions and Misperceptions between China and South Korea amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

By. Dong Xiangrong

China and South Korea have each done a relatively good job in COVID-19 prevention and control. Active cooperation between the two governments in …

2020DEC30

Special Forum

Introduction

By. Editorial Staff

There is every expectation that Joe Biden will replace Donald Trump’s diplomacy, with stress on …

2020DEC30

Special Forum

Challenges to Biden’s pursuit of trilateralism

By. Gilbert Rozman

Trilateralism is the term used for US-Japan-ROK close strategic cooperation and understanding. For Tokyo and …

2020DEC30

Special Forum

US-DPRK relations and China’s response in the Biden era

By. Cheng Xiaohe*

Whether Washington and Beijing cooperate under the Biden administration depends heavily on whether they reach …

2020DEC30

Special Forum

America’s Indo-Pacific challenge

By. Rory Medcalf

This article has been updated on February 4. Competing with China is the foremost external policy challenge for …