Past Event
Reuters/You Sung-ho - South Korean girl walks past pictures of North Korean children displayed near Seoul City Hall.
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
9:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC
Over five decades, the alliance between the United States and the Republic of Korea (ROK) has focused on deterring military conflict on the Korean peninsula while neglecting to develop a more comprehensive bilateral relationship. On January 5, the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies at Brookings and the Center for U.S.-Korea Policy at The Asia Foundation hosted leading experts for a conference on prospects for expanding the U.S.-ROK partnership.
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South Korea, Northeast Asia, Asia, Foreign Policy
Past Event
Reuters/Toru Hanai - U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a speech on U.S. engagement in Asia at Suntory Hall in Tokyo.
Friday, November 20, 2009
12:00 PM to 01:30 PM
Washington, DC
The Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies and the U.S.-Japan Council recently co-hosted an event featuring Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki of Japan and Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii on the current state of U.S.-Japan relations including President Obama’s visit to Japan in November 2009 and Congressional views on the U.S.-Japan alliance.
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Japan, Asia, Northeast Asia, Foreign Policy, International Relations
SPOTLIGHT: China
Reuters/Beawiharta Beawiharta - An Indonesian fruit seller stands near boxes of China orange as he waits for customers at a Jakarta fruit market.
Naoko Munakata, January 13, 2010
Despite the implementation of the pioneering ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement on January 1, 2010, East Asia still lacks a concrete vision for institutional economic integration. Former CNAPS Visiting Fellow Naoko Munakata writes that the ACFTA is the first of a series of agreements that will move forward together and eventually establish a framework for the region.
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China, Southeast Asia, Trade, Japan, Trade Disputes
SPOTLIGHT: China
Reuters/Jo Yong hak - Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping writes on a guest book before his meeting with South Korean Prime Minister Chung Un-chan (R) at the Integrated Government Complex in Seoul December 17, 2009.
Jian Zhang, January 08, 2010
The 2008-2009 recession has shaken Asian exporting nations’ reliance on the U.S. market, and intra-Asian trade is increasing. CNAPS Visiting Fellow Jian Zhang writes that China and the Republic of Korea appear to be moving toward free trade negotiations, which would increase their bilateral trade and would have implications for the United States, Japan, Taiwan, and others.
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China, South Korea, Trade, Global Economics, International Relations
SPOTLIGHT: U.S. Economic Stimulus
Reuters/Yuriko Nakao - A businessman walks at a business district in Tokyo December 25, 2009.
Naoki Abe, December 22, 2009
In early 2010, economies around the world seem to be rebounding from the 2008-2009 recession. But CNAPS Guest Scholar Naoki Abe writes that high and chronic unemployment in the United States, Japan, China, and elsewhere will make the recovery from this recession slower than previous cases, and may present a long-term threat to economic growth.
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U.S. Economic Stimulus, Unemployment, Global Economics, Global Financial Crisis, U.S. Economic Growth
Fellowship
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
CNAPS is accepting applications for its Visiting Fellows program for Autumn 2010 and Spring 2011. The autumn term is August 16-December 17, 2010 and is open to citizens of China, Japan, South Korea, and Mongolia; the application deadline for the autumn term is February 15, 2010. In both sessions CNAPS will give preference to research proposals on "challenges of cross-border crime."
Past Event
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Washington, DC
On November 10, the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies at Brookings hosted co-authors Kongdan Oh and Ralph Hassig for a discussion of their new book The Hidden People of North Korea: Everyday Life in the Hermit Kingdom. Drawing on decades of scholarship and experience, the speakers discussed aspects of life in North Korea and the ways in which the outside world can reach everyday North Koreans so that they can make decisions based on truth rather than propaganda.
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Research and Commentary
Shih-chung Liu, November 09, 2009
In this CNAPS Working Paper, Liu Shih-chung examines the fluctuations in Taiwan-U.S. relations during 2004-2008. While outlining developments in the bilateral relationship, Liu provides an insider’s view of different influences on Taiwan’s policy-making process including the leadership, the bureaucracy, other internal political forces, and external actors such as China and the United States.
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Research and Commentary
Munkh-Ochir Dorjjugder, October 20, 2009
Since its peaceful Democratic Revolution in the early 1990s, Mongolia’s national security strategy has evolved through three phases and is now entering a fourth. Munkh-Ochir Dorjjugder writes that the theme of balancing external actors to ensure sovereignty and security remains the same, but that Mongolia is now adding economic and human elements to its approach to security.
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