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Reviewing Ma Ying-jeou’s Strategies for National Security in Taiwan

April 19, 2013, Richard C. Bush III
A Possible "Off Ramp" in North Korea

April 16, 2013, James E. Goodby
North Korea and Policy Priorities for the United States

April 15, 2013
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[Kim Jong Un] is trying to show that he has a strategic mind, that the military stands behind him and that no one stands against him.
April 13, 2013, Kongdan Oh, Washington Post
The Brookings Institution and Taiwan-China Relations

April 11, 2013, Richard C. Bush III
Facing Mainland China: Taiwan’s Future Challenges

April 10, 2013, Richard C. Bush III
A Comparative Analysis of U.S. and Japan Foreign Aid Policies for Disaster Reduction

April 2013, Goshi Tsukamoto
Democracy and Poverty: A Lesson from Mongolia

April 2013, Nyamosor Tuya
One has to wonder whether and to what degree the [New York] channel is able to report back fully and frankly on developments in the United States, and also the extent to which the leadership in Pyongyang is actually listening to what the channel is reporting.
April 8, 2013, Evans J.R. Revere, Washington Post
I hope that when the exercise winds down in a few weeks, they [the North Koreans] will wind down the rhetoric and we will be in a better place than we are now.
April 5, 2013, Evans J.R. Revere, The Guardian (UK)
There's been this desire to not add fuel to the fire, and [for Japan] to have stable relations with China. I think everybody understands what tragic consequences could arise from using a very nationalist rhetoric that would be quite self-defeating.
April 5, 2013, Mireya Solís, Council on Foreign Relations
I think the steps taken by the Obama administration are prudent and the minimum necessary to send a message to [North Korea] and our allies that we are prepared to defend them.
April 5, 2013, Evans J.R. Revere, The Guardian (UK)
In a country [like Japan] where pork barrel projects have been rampant, infrastructure projects that seek to cater to the needs of construction companies have been a very common fact of political life. That it's in an electoral year gives me plenty of reasons to worry that when you are putting together a very hefty stimulus package, you are indeed using it in a wise manner and not just for the sake of spending to generate political support.
April 5, 2013, Mireya Solís, Council on Foreign Relations
What makes me more hopeful is that I see a positive convergence between the domestic efforts, the economic strategy, and what's been going on in the trade front. But this is just the tip of the iceberg. Three more [Trans-Pacific Partnership] countries have to say yes to the plan, including the United States. There are many different hurdles, and we will have to see how it turns out in the future.
April 5, 2013, Mireya Solís, Council on Foreign Relations
The World of North Korea's Kim Jong-un

April 4, 2013, Kongdan Oh
The danger here is that South Korea, with U.S. moral support, retaliates and then North Korea feels that it needs to counter-retaliate; China doesn’t control it and so it’s a vicious circle.
April 2, 2013, Richard C. Bush III, Washington Times
Understanding North Korea

April 1, 2013, Kongdan Oh
It seems to me that when you want an ambassador, two very important assets are proximity to the president—which [Caroline Kennedy] clearly has—and visibility. There has been a pattern in the past of appointing high-profile people to this post and that [Ms. Kennedy's nomination] would fit into the pattern. This is a complicated region, but she has those two very important assets.
April 1, 2013, Mireya Solís, Wall Street Journal
Tensions on the Korean Peninsula

April 1, 2013, Evans J.R. Revere
Examining North Korea’s Recent Heated Rhetoric

March 29, 2013, Strobe Talbott, Richard C. Bush III, Michael E. O'Hanlon and Jonathan D. Pollack
China’s Rise: Assessing Views from East Asia and the United States

March 29, 2013
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We are in a vicious cycle [with North Korea]. Even if things calm down after the current U.S.-South Korea exercise, we will still be at a higher level of tension than in the past.
March 29, 2013, Evans J.R. Revere, Wall Street Journal
Japan’s Big Bet on the Trans-Pacific Partnership: The TPP Nations Should Reciprocate

March 25, 2013, Mireya Solís
What Lies Ahead for Japan and the United States

March 22, 2013
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North Korea Faces Heightened Human Rights Scrutiny

March 21, 2013, Roberta Cohen