So far, 100 days into office, Trump appears to have offered an incoherent Asia policy marked by several continuities and discontinuities from the previous administration.
So far, 100 days into office, Trump appears to have offered an incoherent Asia policy marked by several continuities and discontinuities from the previous administration.
South Korea’s ongoing political crisis is making it difficult to respond effectively to North Korean provocations.
Neither suspending nor continuing the deployment of THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) is a palatable choice for South Korea.
Media analysis of the sixth plenum of the eighteenth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China highlight Xi’s new “core” status, but documents from the plenum emphasize “democratic centralism.”
The Choi Soon-sil scandal will have serious repercussions for strategic issues such as THAAD and South Korean cooperation with Japan.
The debate surrounding the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) deployment exposes a bigger issue: the strategic dilemma facing South Korea and China.
Domestic opposition to the deal on the comfort women issue in South Korea continues to intensify, posing challenges.