In Disputes Over Asian Seas, Winner May Take Zilch

New Atlanticist
Dec 17, 2024

The global ripple effects of South Korea’s political turmoil

By
Atlantic Council experts

The fallout from Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment could have massive implications for Seoul’s relations with the United States and Japan.

Civil Society
Elections

In Disputes Over Asian Seas, Winner May Take Zilch

Issue Brief
Sep 23, 2024

Expanding the US-Japan economic security partnership: Engaging allies and partners

By
Amy Searight

Economic security has emerged as a national security priority in Tokyo and Washington as both confront challenges posed by China’s civil-military fusion and economic coercion. The alignment of Tokyo and Washington on strategic views of China and the convergence of their economic security priorities has created a new era of alliance cooperation on these issues.

China
Economy & Business

In Disputes Over Asian Seas, Winner May Take Zilch

New Atlanticist
Sep 6, 2024

What to expect from Japan-South Korea relations after Kishida

By
Atlantic Council experts

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is meeting with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul September 6-7—likely their final summit before Kishida steps down. Atlantic Council experts share their insights on what’s next for Tokyo and Seoul.

East Asia
Japan

Content

New Atlanticist

Jan 15, 2013

In Disputes Over Asian Seas, Winner May Take Zilch

By Robert A. Manning

It may be Asia’s 21st century equivalent of the assassination of Austria’s Archduke Ferdinand that sparked World War I. Growing tensions over territorial disputes in the East and South China Seas threaten to disrupt the oft-heralded Asian Century. Whatever the outcome, many see more than just competing nationalisms, the scars of national memory and the […]

China Japan

New Atlanticist

Jan 2, 2013

Japan’s Coming Challenges: What Awaits Shinzo Abe

By Rajan Menon

Shinzo Abe became prime minister of Japan—its seventh in six years —after his Liberal Democratic Party, which has governed Japan for all but four years since 1955, won parliamentary elections resoundingly, ending a three-year interlude by the Democratic Party of Japan.

Economy & Business Japan

New Atlanticist

Nov 16, 2012

Behind Sino-Japanese Tensions

By Robert Manning

It just won’t go away—and it may be Asia’s contemporary equivalent to Archduke Ferdinand, whose assassination sparked World War I.

China Japan

New Atlanticist

Jul 16, 2012

Ghosts of History 2, Asian Security (still) 0 : What is Asia’s Archduke Ferdinand??

By Robert A. Manning

Never mind that Japan has recalled its Ambassador to China. You can bet the mortgage that nary a word was said at the series of high-level ASEAN and East Asia Summit (EAS) security meetings attended by Secretary of State Clinton last week about the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands dispute between China and Japan.

China India

New Atlanticist

Nov 10, 2011

Talking Tohoku in Tokyo

By Julian Lindley-French

Tokyo. What a city of uber-contrast. A concrete-scape beyond an eye’s leap that crawls and then creeps before eventually soaring and swooping around the old Imperial palace at its heart. This mega-city is periodically punctuated by serene oases of intimate greenery in which water, rock, and flora tease the imagination back toward a Japan long […]

Japan Nuclear Nonproliferation

Event Recap

May 31, 2011

After Fukushima: The Future of Nuclear Energy in the United States and Europe

By Jason Harmala

On May 31, 2011, the Atlantic Council Energy and Environment Program and The Center for Transatlantic Relations at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, co-hosted a conference titled “After Fukushima – The Future of Nuclear Energy in the United States and Europe.” The goal of the conference was to promote a sober and […]

Europe & Eurasia Japan
Unemployed FDR Memorial

New Atlanticist

Mar 21, 2009

Countries with Best Unemployment Benefits

By James Joyner

FP’s Annie Lowrey notes that, “As many as 50 million people could be out of work by the end of 2009. But the unemployed in some countries definitely have it better than others.”

Economy & Business European Union

Report

Apr 13, 2007

Korea and Northeast Asia peace and security framework

The United States has few more important policy goals than eliminating North Korea’s nuclear weapons program. The risk that the repressive Pyongyang regime could transfer nuclear weapons and materials to rogue states or terrorist groups weighs particularly heavy on the minds of U.S. policymakers. Executive Summary U.S. negotiators in February 2007 achieved a breakthrough in […]

China Defense Policy

Report

Jun 1, 2003

Missile defense in Asia

The Atlantic Council asked General Michael Carns, USAF (Ret.), Dr. Jacques Gansler, and Walter B. Slocomb to visit Asia to conduct in-depth discussions with political, military, and business leaders on all aspects of missile defense, including threat assessments, strategic implications, and the likely consequences of missile defense developments for the future security environment and the […]

China East Asia

Experts

Fellow

Shawn Creamer

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoStrategy Initiative Indo-Pacific Security Initiative

Security & Defense East Asia

Fellow

Marvin J. Park

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

China Defense Policy

Fellow

Jonathan Corrado

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Indo-Pacific Korea

Fellow

Kayla T. Orta

Nonresident Fellow

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Arms Control East Asia

Staff

Audrey Roh

Project Assistant

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Cybersecurity Japan

Fellow

Akiko Fukushima

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Defense Policy East Asia
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