January 31, 2014

Opportunities Outweigh the Obstacles: A U.S. Perspective of Japan-ROK Naval Cooperation

By Samuel J. Mun | The Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) and Japanese Maritime Self Defense Forces (JMSDF) are “destined to cooperate”[1] in an increasingly fluid and […]
June 27, 2011

The Trans-Pacific Partnership and the need for KORUS

The Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (TPP) represents the Obama administration’s first push toward establishing a true multilateral trade framework for conducting trade negotiations in East-Asia. […]
December 21, 2010

Dark Futures: Thinking About North Korea’s Coming Leadership Transition

The past year has witnessed a remarkable and troubling series of events that indicate Northeast Asia may be entering into a period of profound instability driven […]
October 7, 2010

North Korea’s Food Security Future

North Korea’s December 2009 currency revaluation triggered disastrous consequences. Many citizens lost life savings and some died of starvation as a result of severe inflation and […]
September 9, 2010

Birds of a Feather Flocking to Beijing

This week, China welcomed Burma’s reclusive dictator Than Shwe for a high profile state visit, which included meetings with President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao. Than Shwe […]
July 14, 2010

Kaesong Complexities

In the aftermath of the sinking of the ROKS Cheonan, tensions are reigniting between North and South Korea. Amid the freezing of cross-parallel ties, one of the […]
May 26, 2010

The Not-so Strategic Dialogue

By: Project 2049 Institute | The US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) that wrapped up in Beijing yesterday should lead to the coining of a new […]
April 6, 2010

Cheonan Sinking Highlights Naval Mine Threat

By: Project 2049 Institute | The South Korean Navy patrol ship Cheonan suffered a mysterious explosion and sank in the waters disputed between the two Koreas […]
March 26, 2010

Low Fertility and the Future of South Korea

By: Project 2049 Institute | South Korea is a graying nation. Like many of its neighbors in East Asia, South Korea has experienced low fertility rates, […]
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