Northeast Asia: Future Tense
Northeast Asia
A quick look at the news might convince you that balance-of-power politics will continue to dominate Northeast Asia’s geopolitical and security landscape for a long time to come. But is that really the case? Do the states in the region remain mired in mutual antipathy or are they becoming increasingly amenable to the idea of regional cooperation, if not outright integration? In trying to grapple with these questions, we focus on three topics this week – the contemporary security landscape of Northeast Asia; the formal and informal attempts being made by different actors to stimulate regional cooperation; and the negative impact rising nationalism might have on these attempts.
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