Asia-Pacific Regional Economic Integration: U.S. Strategy and Approach
America’s economic engagement in the Asia-Pacific predates the republic itself. In February 1784, the merchant ship Empress of China set sail from New York to…
Japan and Regional Integration Dominoes: Golden Opportunity or Another Political Failure?
The re-election of Abe Shinzo as prime minister has led to a drastic change in the economic landscape of Japan through the implementation of “Abenomics.”…
Korean Bridge: Balancing Asian Economic Regionalism Between the United States and China
The debate on TPP versus RCEP has been widely recognized as a struggle between the United States and China for expanding their influence in the…
China’s Choice: To Lead or to Follow on Asian Economic Integration
For many years, the major trading countries coexisted comfortably under a multilateral trading system. Major trade liberalizations were agreed upon multilaterally. In most cases, trade…
South Korea’s Search for a New Diplomatic Strategy Toward North Korea: Trustpolitik as a Goldilocks Approach?
With the North Korean nuclear threat still lingering, the international community’s decadeslong effort to bring about peaceful denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula was in vain….
What to Do about North Korea
North Korea is the world’s most troublesome country, brutal at home and a bully abroad. In 2013 it became even more dangerous, both to its…
Purge of Jang Song-Taek and its Impact on China’s Policy Toward North Korea
On December 12 Jang Song-taek, largely considered the second most powerful man in North Korea and a well-known “China hand,” was executed for treason and…
Asia’s Uncertain Future: Korea, China’s Aggressiveness, and New Leadership
This PDF is the full publication and contains all of the following sections: KEI Board of Directors KEI Advisory Council Preface Bilateral Competition and Cooperation…
Bilateral Competition and Cooperation Under New Leadership
In the first months of 2013 the leadership transitions in Northeast Asia were completed. After a year in office Kim Jong-un was consolidating his grip…
China’s National Identity and the Sino-U.S. National Identity Gap: Views from Four Countries
The countries bordering China are in the forefront in facing the challenge of a widening divide between China and the United States. Others, including those…