North Korean Issue: What Can be Done?
The dramatic events of recent months—and, above all, North Korea’s second nuclear test and long-range missile launch—demonstrated once again that the Barack Obama administration and…
The North Korea Challenge
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….
The Rise of China and its Impact on the North Pacific Security Environment
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…
A Political Economy Approach to Northeast Asian Regionalism: From a Crisis Model to a Political Leadership Model?
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…
Whither the KORUS FTA? The Moment of Truth
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-…
Divergent Consensus: Meeting the Needs of Both Sides of the Coin: A Young Leaders’ Perspective on U.S.-ROK Relations
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…
The Financial Crisis in Northeast Asia and Sustainable Recovery
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…
No Hugging, No Learning: Taking Stock of 2008
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…
North Korean Questions in 2008: Taking Stock
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…
Beyond Bilateral Approaches: Regionalizing Japan-Korea Tensions
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….