Northeast Asia

U.S. President Barack Obama turns to South Korea's President Park Geun-hye at the start of a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque).

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United States Policy towards Northeast Asia

April 2013, Richard C. Bush III

Richard Bush examines the United States’ rebalancing policy toward Asia. Bush argues that the rebalancing is not designed to contain China but to address its “revival,” and notes that the Korean Peninsula is one of the “test cases” that will shape both PRC and U.S. intentions over the long term.

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Why There Will Be No Second Korean War

April 24, 2013, Jonathan D. Pollack
In the News

[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
In the News

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
In the News

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
In the News

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)
In the News

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 the News

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
In the News

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
In the News

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
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Tensions on the Korean Peninsula

April 1, 2013, Evans J.R. Revere