Asia’s Alliance Triangle: US-Japan-South Korea Relations at a Tumultuous Time

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Synopsis of the Asan Washington Forum, 2013: “The Enduring Alliance: Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of ROK-US Relations,” Parts 1 and 2....Pages 3-28
Retrospect and Prospect of the ROK-US Alliance at 60 and Beyond....Pages 29-41
Synopsis of the Asan Seminar: “Managing ROK-US Relations”....Pages 43-51
Synopsis of the Asan Institute-Pacific Forum CSIS Conference on US-Japan-ROK Trilateral Relations....Pages 53-58
Front Matter....Pages 59-59
ROK and US Views on the Foreign Policy of the Abe Administration....Pages 61-73
Japan’s Defense Reforms and Korean Perceptions of Japan’s Collective Self-Defense....Pages 75-85
Korea-Japan Relations under Deep Stress....Pages 87-104
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
Complacency and Indecisiveness in Japan’s New One-Party Dominance and Foreign Policy....Pages 107-111
Evolution of Japan’s National Security Policy under the Abe Administration....Pages 113-125
Japanese Politics Concerning Collective Self-Defense....Pages 127-141
Front Matter....Pages 143-143
Circling the Square: History and Alliance Management....Pages 145-149
Rebalancing and Entanglement: America’s Dilemma in East Asia....Pages 151-156
President Obama and Japan-South Korean Relations....Pages 157-162
State of the Rebalance....Pages 163-167
US-Japan Relations: Do We Share the Same Values and View of History? US, Japanese, and South Korean Perspectives....Pages 169-185
Front Matter....Pages 187-187
National Identities, Historical Memories, and Reconciliation in Northeast Asia....Pages 189-202
National Identity under Transformation: New Challenges to South Korea....Pages 203-217
A National Identity Approach to Japan’s Late 2013 Foreign Policy Thinking....Pages 219-232
Review Article, October 2014: Civilizational Polarization and Japan....Pages 233-239
Realism versus Revisionism in Abe’s Foreign Policy in 2014....Pages 241-254
Back Matter....Pages 255-265