Search results for: S. Frederick Starr
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Negotiating North Korea’s Nukes
...Summary • Nearly three decades of stop-start negotiations have failed to achieve North Korea’s denuclearization or the signing of a peace treaty to formally end the Korean War. •...
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Policies to Please Political Partners: The Development of Japan’s Intelligence Policy in the 21st Century
...“Japan should move promptly to adopt the security protections required to make its inclusion in Five Eyes a realistic possibility.” Armitage and Nye (2018: 9) Introduction In 2018, Japan...
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The Philippines’ Reaction to Pompeo’s Interpretation of the US-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty
...At the joint press conference with Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin on 1 March 2019, the US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, after attacking China by stating that “China’s...
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China’s Anti-Poverty Efforts: Problems and Progress
...China’s poverty alleviation efforts have enjoyed political support from the highest levels of government since the Deng Xiaoping era. It is little surprise, therefore, that Xi Jinping has continued...
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Pacifist Identity, Civics Textbooks, and the Opposition to Japan’s Security Legislation
...Summary: This article looks at how Japanese national identity is constructed in Japanese junior high school civics textbooks and how that narrative relates to recent Japanese security policy. The...
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How to Score the U.S.-DPRK Hanoi Summit
...Summary: U.S. President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jong-un will soon meet for the 2nd U.S.-DPRK summit in Hanoi. How should we score the outcome of this historic meeting?...
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Managing Connectivity Conflict: EU-India Cooperation and China’s Belt and Road Initiative
...Executive Summary Connectivity initiatives are the latest geopolitical tool for advancing influence in international relations and diplomacy. Against the backdrop of an emerging connectivity conflict, the responsibility is on...
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Japan’s Opaque Energy Policy toward Russia: Is Abe Being Trumped by Putin?
...EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, with his self-proclaimed deep trust in President Vladimir Putin, has made striking a historic deal on improving Japan-Russia relations a priority. The Abe...
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Xi’s Visit to the Philippines: Implications for China-Philippine Relations
...for a two day state visit to the Philippines. It was the first state visit by a Chinese President to the Philippines in 13 years. The visit is a milestone...
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Understanding North Korea’s Internal Strategy
...it is difficult not to get caught up in a wave of optimism. There have been no nuclear or missile tests since November of last year, and this May the...