Oct 6, 2016

Changes in the Japan-South Korea National Identity Gap

By Gilbert Rozman

The roller coaster of relations between Japan and South Korea has taken a sudden jolt with the December 28, 2015 agreement on “comfort women.” Some...

Oct 6, 2016

Comparisons of the Alliance Thinking in Japan and South Korea as a Reflection of National Identity

By Audrye Wong

While Tokyo and Seoul are often paired as key U.S. allies in Asia, and both alliances are now more solid than ever, their individual alliance...

Oct 6, 2016

Will the “Comfort Women” Agreement Reduce Japan-ROK Mutual Distrust?

By Kimura Kan

On December 28, 2015, the Japanese and South Korean governments announced their agreement on the “comfort women” issue. This sudden breakthrough 70 years after the...

Oct 6, 2016

Introduction | Economic Relations Between North Korea and its Neighbors

By Stephan Haggard

Most analysis of the extended nuclear crisis that first broke in 2002 has focused, quite legitimately, on the realm of high politics: the diplomatic and...

Oct 6, 2016

China-North Korea Trade in 2015: The Beginning of a Downturn

By Li Tingting

China-North Korea trade accounts for the majority of North Korea’s international trade and is considered significant for the economic development and social stability of North...

Oct 6, 2016

The Void in North Korea’s Economic Relationship with Japan: Is Kim Wasting His Abductions Card?

By William Brown

Much is made in Western circles of North Korea’s economic dependence on China amid questions of whether and how much leverage this gives Beijing. In...

Oct 6, 2016

Russia-North Korea Economic Relations

By Liudmila Zakharova

Russia shares a border with the Korean Peninsula, and its declared interest is to maintain peace and stability in the region. During Soviet times, its...

Oct 6, 2016

South Korea’s Economic Engagement toward North Korea

By Lee Sangkeun, Moon Chung-in

On February 10, 2016, the South Korean government announced the closure of the Gaeseong Industrial Complex, a symbol of its engagement policy and inter-Korean rapprochement....

Oct 6, 2016

Introduction | Shaping the Future of Economic Architecture in East Asia

By Gilbert Rozman

Lately, many questions have been raised about how new currents are reshaping the economic architecture in East Asia, ranging from the Russian Far East to...

Oct 6, 2016

Shaping the Future of East Asian Economic Architecture: Views from ASEAN

By Kaewkamol Pitakdumrongkit

The world has witnessed significant changes in its economic and strategic landscape since the Cold War era. In today’s multipolar system, states have a variety...

Oct 6, 2016

China’s Visions of Future East Asian Economic Integration

By Tu Xinquan

East Asia has been the fastest growing area in the world in recent decades. Starting with Japan in the 1950s, East Asian countries have consecutively...

Oct 6, 2016

Why is East Asian Economic Integration Important to the United States?

By Euijin Jung, Gary Hufbauer

East Asian economic integration has rapidly advanced through several mechanisms: the economic dialogue in APEC and ASEAN+3, financial cooperation via the Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralization...