East Asia Insights | Japan-ROK Relations: Defusing Tensions to Build a Regional Partnership
This issue emphasizes the importance of Japan-South Korea cooperation, not only for the sake of the two countries themselves but also for the region as a whole; this would also require the leaders in both countries to recalibrate their relationship.
East Asia Insights | A Reset for East Asia: Managing Risks Under New Leadership
This issue discusses the shifting balance of power in East Asia that may spoil the future stability and prosperity of both Japan and the entire region, which is especially difficult in the context of domestic politics and surging nationalism.
East Asia Insights | Moving Beyond East Asia’s Confrontational Postures
This issue offers recommendations on how five key players: China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, and the US, can assist in moving East Asia beyond its current confrontational postures.
East Asia Insights | The Future of East Asia: Four Risks to Long-Term Stability
This issue discusses four main risks in terms of long-term stability in East Asia: the regional policies of the United States and China, the nexus that has developed in the region between domestic politics and foreign policy, the rising tide of nationalism, and North Korea.
East Asia Insights | Six Challenges for US-Japan Cooperation in Asia
In this issue of East Asia Insights, Hitoshi Tanaka outlines six challenges that carry the potential to undermine US-Japan cooperation and calls for close, careful US-Japan consultation and cooperation to ensure that these challenges do not create a wedge in the alliance.
East Asia Insights | How to Manage Geopolitical Instability in East Asia
This issue discusses the concern surrounding Trump’s anti-globalization sentiment and the surge of populism associated with it, and how these developments may throw the international liberal economic and security order into uncertainty.
East Asia Insights | Breaking the Impasse with North Korea
This report makes recommendations on how the international community can rapidly respond to the intensification of North Korea’s nuclear and missile development, in order to prevent massive bloodshed and instability in the region.
East Asia Insights | Managing the US-China Strategic Rivalry
The intensification of US-China tensions risks undermining regional stability in Asia Pacific. This cannot be resolved simply by ending the current trade war, and disengagement and decoupling is not a realistic option given the high level of interdependence between China and the world. So, what can be done?
East Asia Insights | Regaining Momentum on North Korea Negotiations
The international community is now at a crossroads with North Korea. The lack of progress at the Hanoi Summit raises the risk that the opportunity created by the Singapore Summit may be squandered. How can the US regain momentum in its negotiations and what role might Japan play in this?
East Asia Insights | The Crisis of US Credibility in East Asia
The decision by the US Congress to open an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump over his pressuring of Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden has brought renewed attention to the foreign policy of the Trump presidency. This drama is playing out in parallel to the ramping up of the 2020 US presidential […]
