Editor’s Note: This issue is dedicated to the memory of Sheldon Simon, noted scholar and long-time contributor to Comparative Connections who passed away on Jan. 2. Our condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.
Continue readingPacNet #1 – South Koreans’ Negative View of China is Nothing New, but is Getting Worse
To outside observers South Korea’s negative attitude toward China appears to be growing apace, but it is nothing new to locals. Since an annual poll by the Institute of Peace and Unification Studies (IPUS) at Seoul National University began in 2007, China has consistently ranked fourth on Korea’s favorability list, behind the US, North Korea, and even Japan (but ahead of Russia). It only surpassed the North to reach second place on two occasions: in 2014 and 2015, due to Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s visit and at the conclusion of a free trade agreement.
Continue readingPacNet #74 – 2020 PacNet Commentary Index
The comprehensive 2020 index includes each PacNet commentary below. Pacific Forum will continue to publish timely insight and analysis in 2021.
Continue readingPacNet #73 – How Hong Kong’s National Security Law Erases Its Freedoms
The following is an excerpt from Making Hong Kong China: The Rollback of Human Rights and the Rule of Law, published by Columbia University Press.
Continue readingPacNet #72 – A New Administration: An Opportunity for Seoul and the US Alliance
PacNet #71 – Improved Fishing Oversight Complements Taiwan’s Diplomatic Gains – Time to Act Now
Though less than a year old, the second administration of Tsai Ing-wen has reaped many foreign policy successes for Taiwan. For example, successful management of Covid-19, visits by high-level American officials, the visit of the Czech Republic Senate president, and President Tsai being named as one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time.
Continue readingPacNet #70 – A US-Japan agenda for the Biden administration
The following is part of a post-election series on the impact of the Biden administration on US relations in the Indo-Pacific. Visit here for part one, here for part two, here for part three, and here for part four.
Continue readingPacNet #69 – Alliance Noir: A Hard-boiled Approach to Guide the Australia-US Alliance
The following is part of a post-election series on the impact of the Biden administration on US relations in the Indo-Pacific. Visit here for part one, here for part two, and here for part three.
Continue readingPacNet #68 – Sliding Toward a Less Orderly World
The following is an extract from the introduction to the Regional Security Outlook 2021, prepared by the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific
Continue readingPacNet #67 – How to Push Back at China’s Economic Coercion: 10 Demands
An earlier version of this article was published in The National Interest.
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