May 25, 2011

The North Korea Challenge

By David C. Kang

In the spring of 2009, North Korea’s second nuclear test, its long-range missile tests, and its provocative rhetoric once again threatened stability in Northeast Asia....

May 25, 2011

The Rise of China and its Impact on the North Pacific Security Environment

By Dr. John Park

What impact will a rising China have on the North Pacific security environment? A close examination of recent developments in Beijing’s approach to dealing with...

May 25, 2011

A Political Economy Approach to Northeast Asian Regionalism: From a Crisis Model to a Political Leadership Model?

By Park Jehoon

The last two years have seen a series of changes affecting regionalism in North- east Asia. One category of changes has been the crises in...

May 25, 2011

Whither the KORUS FTA? The Moment of Truth

By Choi Byung-il

Two years and nine months have passed since Korea and the United States put their signatures on the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA). Nei-...

May 25, 2011

Divergent Consensus: Meeting the Needs of Both Sides of the Coin: A Young Leaders’ Perspective on U.S.-ROK Relations

By Adrian Yi, Dae-woo Lee, Jiun Bang, Kevin Shepard

The relationship between the United States and the Republic of Korea is unique; the challenges it faces are not. Next-generation views of the ties between...

May 25, 2011

The Financial Crisis in Northeast Asia and Sustainable Recovery

By Thomas Byrne

The three major economies in Northeast Asia have not escaped damage from the Atlantic-centered financial crisis and Great Recession. Japan has suffered the most in...

May 25, 2011

No Hugging, No Learning: Taking Stock of 2008

By Michael Schiffer

According to its writers, the hit 1990s television show Seinfeld was guided by the notion that, unlike other sitcoms, it was going to be a...

May 25, 2011

North Korean Questions in 2008: Taking Stock

By Lee Shin-wha

North Korean questions can be examined from both traditional and nontraditional security perspectives. North Korea’s use of resources to maintain a large conventional military force...

May 25, 2011

Beyond Bilateral Approaches: Regionalizing Japan-Korea Tensions

By T.J. Pempel

Security relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea, like those of any other two closely entwined neighbors, glisten with the multiple facets of complexity....

May 25, 2011

Korea: The Next Asian Domino in Global Crisis

By Richard Katz

As the U.S. economic crisis was just getting off the ground, many analysts claimed Asia would be relatively immune to the impact because its economies...

May 25, 2011

The U.S.-Japan Alliance and the U.S.-ROK Alliance

By James Przystup

Given the growing importance of East Asia to global stability and prosperity, sustaining the five U.S. treaty alliances in the region—Japan, the Republic of Korea,...

May 25, 2011

Can the United States and South Korea Sing without KORUS? The Economic and Strategic Effects of the KORUS FTA

By Mark Manyin, William Cooper

On 30 June 2007, U.S. and South Korean trade officials signed the U.S.- Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA). The two countries reached the agreement...