Aug 13, 2018

The U.S.-Japan-ROK Trilateral: Better at Deterrence than Diplomacy?

By Sheila A. Smith

Once more, the United States, South Korea, and Japan have confronted a crisis with North Korea. The pattern is now well established. First, there is...

Aug 13, 2018

Chinese Views of Korean History

The way Chinese officials and writers view the history of Korea—from ancient times to the post- Cold War developments in South Korea—matters for at least...

Aug 13, 2018

Chinese Views of Korean History to the Late 19th Century

By Gilbert Rozman

In the tradition of imperial China and communism, Chinese publications see history as a morality tale. In the case of Korean history to the late...

Aug 13, 2018

Chinese Views of Korean History in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

By Kirk W. Larsen

In July 2014, Ambassador Qiu Guohong in preparation for Xi Jinping’s visit to Seoul stated that the “relationship between South Korea and China couldn’t be...

Aug 13, 2018

Chinese Views of Korean History in the Cold War Era

By Jin Linbo

This chapter draws a rough sketch of the evolution of Chinese views on Korean history in the Cold War era in three parts. The first...

Aug 13, 2018

The Chinese Perception of the U.S.-China-ROK Triangle

By Yun Sun

Since being applied to U.S.-Soviet-China trilateral relations after the Sino-American rapprochement in the early 1970s, the notion/theory of “strategic triangles” has been widely used to...

Aug 3, 2018

Advancing the Regional Trade Order in East Asia with a Less Engaged United States

In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s election and immediate pullout from the TPP, a scramble ensued over how to proceed with constructing a regional trade...

Aug 3, 2018

Is the Belt and Road Initiative a Chinese-style Regionalism?

By Tu Xinquan

In the last two decades, bilateral and regional trade agreements (RTAs) have been considered a primary force to advance the world trading system because the...

Aug 3, 2018

Japan in the Driver’s Seat? Reshaping the Regional Trade Order without the United States

By T.J. Pempel

On January 28, 2018 representatives from eleven countries, following the strong leadership of Japan, agreed to a modified version of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). This...

Aug 3, 2018

Economic Regionalism is Key to Openness and Growth: An ASEAN Perspective

By Sanchita Basu Das

The 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are involved in several regional economic arrangements, not only their own ASEAN Economic Community...

Aug 3, 2018

Re-Energizing Economic Integration between South Asia and East Asia

By Pradumna Rana

This chapter focuses on economic integration (linkages) between South Asia and East Asia.2 The topic is important for three reasons. First, South Asia-East Asia (SA-EA)...

Aug 3, 2018

Advancing East Asia’s Trade Agenda: A Korean Perspective

By Kim Sangkyom

According to the WTO, in 2018 there are 459 regional trade agreements, the most in the institution’s recorded history.1 Countries are now more actively engaged...