Jul 29, 2019

Japan’s Strategy to Keep the North Koreans and Chinese Down, the Americans in, and the Russians Neutral

By James D.J. Brown

The Japanese government makes no secret of its intensifying security concerns. The Ministry of Defense’s most recent annual white paper includes the assessment that, “The...

Jul 29, 2019

Chinese, Russian, Japanese, and Korean Strategies for Northeast Asian Cross-Border Energy Connectivity

By Gaye Christoffersen

In 2018, research was underway in Northeast Asia on several trilateral and multilateral initiatives for cross-border infrastructure connectivity involving China, Russia, both Koreas, and Japan....

Jul 29, 2019

Sharp Power Versus Values Diplomacy in Indo-Pacific

By Gilbert Rozman

In the Trump era, there has been a surge of interest in the upsurge of sharp power as a disruptive force in international relations and...

Jul 29, 2019

Chinese Sharp Power and U.S. Values Diplomacy: How Do They Intersect?

By Gilbert Rozman

An intensifying backlash against Xi Jinping’s makeover of China and Donald Trump’s makeover of the United States has muddied thinking about the national identity struggle...

Jul 29, 2019

China’s Sharp Power and South Korea’s Peace Initiative

By Kim Tae-Hwan

If we understand geopolitics as “representations of space” as well as “spatial practices,” then the Indo-Pacific region can be understood as a newly emerging geopolitical...

Jul 29, 2019

Just a Dash? China’s Sharp Power and Australia’s Value Diplomacy

By John Fitzgerald

When supporters of China’s President Xi Jinping point to his many accomplishments they highlight his impressive anti-corruption drive, the end of the one-child family policy,...

Jul 29, 2019

North Korea’s Sharp Power and the Divide Over Korean Identities

By Aram Hur

This chapter examines the nature and motivations of North Korea’s sharp power toward South Korea. Unlike China or Russia, to secure long-term survival, North Korea...

Jul 29, 2019

The Trump Impact on East Asia After Two Years

By Gilbert Rozman

Trade ties between the United States and many East Asian countries have faced a high degree of uncertainty since Donald Trump took office in early...

Jul 29, 2019

U.S.-China Economic Relations Under the Trump Administration at the 2-Year Mark

By Peter E. Harrell

Since entering office in 2017, President Trump has upended longstanding tenets of U.S. trade policy and launched the most aggressive set of new U.S. tariffs...

Jul 29, 2019

The Trump Economic Impact on East Asia after Two Years: The Case of South Korea

By Yoon Yeo-joon

The U.S.-South Korea relationship has traditionally been characterized as a security alliance, meeting the interests of both countries for a stable Korean Peninsula. Economically, Korea...

Jul 29, 2019

Redefining U.S.-Japan Trade Relations Under Trump

By Shihoko Goto

The Trump administration has had no qualms about going against conventional U.S. policy norms and long-established rules of engagement. Thinking outside of the box has...

Jul 29, 2019

The U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy and Its Implications for U.S.-ASEAN Economic Governance Architecture

By Kaewkamol Pitakdumrongkit

During his visit to Asia in November 2017, President Donald Trump announced his vision of a “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” as the U.S. approach to...