2022APR28

Country Reports

Country Report: Japan (March-April 2022)

By. Editorial Staff

Country Report: Japan (March-April 2022) Only one subject, understandably, has preoccupied Japanese media coverage of foreign relations over the past two …

2022MAR21

Special Forum

Tracking Japanese Thinking toward Asia: Early Abe, the Korean Peninsula, and Australia

By. Editorial Staff

This Special Forum approaches Japanese foreign policy from three angles. First, it tracks the momentous shift in thinking that occurred during the first …

2022MAR21

Special Forum

Tracking the Big Shift in Japan’s Foreign Policy Thinking toward Asia, 2013-2016

By. Gilbert Rozman

Tracking the Big Shift in Japan’s Foreign Policy Thinking toward Asia, 2013-2016 Gilbert Rozman Taking office at the end of 2012, Prime Minister …

2022MAR21

Special Forum

Tracking the Downswings in a ‘Virtual Alliance’: Japan’s Policy toward the Korean Peninsula over a Decade

By. Brad Glosserman

This year, 2022, could be critical for Japan-ROK relations. The relationship has been in free fall for a decade—although there were a couple of moments …

2022MAR21

Special Forum

Tracking the Pathway to a ‘Quasi-alliance’: Japan’s Policy toward Australia from 2013 to 2022

By. Satake Tomohiko

The Way to a “Quasi-ally”: Japan’s Policy to Australia, 2013-2022 Satake Tomohiko As Japan’s alliance with the United States drew closer in the …

2022MAR03

Country Reports

Country Report: South Korea (January-February 2022)

By. Shin Munkyoung

In January and February, with increasing tension across the border between Russia and Ukraine, the US seemed to move the focus to Europe after its …

2022MAR02

Open Forum

Stepping Up to the Challenge and Embracing Pragmatism: Two Visions of Foreign Policy in the South Korean Presidential Election of 2022

By. J. James Kim

The South Korean presidential election is only days away and, unlike past elections, the outcome is difficult to predict. There is, however, one thing …

2022FEB28

Open Forum

Washington Insights (January-February 2022)

By. Editorial Staff

The beginning of 2022 saw Russia threaten war in Ukraine, China loom as an undiminished threat to Taiwan, and North Korea launch missile after missile as …

2022FEB14

Country Reports

Country Report: Japan (February 2022)

By. Editorial Staff

Two themes have garnered the bulk of attention in Japan’s foreign relations at the beginning of 2022: (1) Japan-Russia relations in the context of …

2022FEB03

Country Reports

Country Report: Russia (January 2022)

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

In late 2021 and the beginning of 2022, close attention was paid to the Biden-Xi virtual summit, the summit of the democracies, Sino-US tensions over …