Asan Institute for Policy Studies Publisher Description
The Asan Institute for Policy Studies is an independent, non-partisan think tank with the mandate to undertake policy-relevant research to foster domestic, regional, and international environments conducive to peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula, as well as Korean reunification. The Asan Institute for Policy Studies was founded by Dr. Chung Mong Joon, honorary chairman and a seven-term member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, on February 11, 2008.
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Research Reports in JSTOR from Asan Institute for Policy Studies
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2011 Seoul Mayoral By-Election 2011
The 2012 United States Election and the Implications for East Asia 2013
The 2021 Iranian Presidential Election and Its Aftermath 2021
The 2023 ASEAN, ASEAN+3, & East Asia Summits:: Focusing on ASEAN issues amid US-China indifference 2023
The 2024 U.S. Elections and Outlook for U.S. Allies 2024
The 20th ASEAN Summit:: Time Is of the Essence 2012
A 2+2 for the Future:: The First Korea-Australia Foreign and Defence Ministers’ Meeting 2013
American Public Disapproval of the Israel-Hamas War and the U.S. Presidential Election 2024
Analysis of the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election Results and Outlook for U.S. Foreign Policy 2025
Analysis of the 9th Plenary Meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK):: Emphasis on “Remarkable Achievements” and Hostile Policy Toward South Korea 2024
Analysis on North Korea’s 8th Korean Worker’s Party Congress:: Pyongyang’s Agony Hidden in the Feast of Words 2021
ASAN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY OUTLOOK: Coalition Building 2023
Asan International Security Outlook 2020:: Neo Geopolitics 2020
ASAN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY OUTLOOK 2025: Renewal 2024
ASAN SYMPOSIUM 2022: PROCEEDINGS 2022
ASEAN-Korea Comprehensive Strategic Partnership:: Background, Meaning and the Way Forward 2024
Assessing North Korea’s 2024 Provocations Against South Korea 2024
Assessing ROK-U.S. Relations and Its Prospects 2019
Assessing South Korea’s Civil Defense Emergency Evacuation Facilities 2018
Assessment of North Korea’s Latest ICBM Mock-Up 2014
Assessment of North Korea’s Regional Development Policy 2025
The Belt and Road Initiative after COVID:: The Rise of Health and Digital Silk Roads 2021
Beyond the 2017 North Korea Crisis:: Deterrence and Containment 2017
Beyond the UN COI Report on Human Rights in DPRK 2014
The Biden administration's unimpressive scorecard in Southeast Asia 2024
Biden’s North Korea Policy:: Alliance Transformation before Denuclearization 2021
Bold Reforms in the UAE and Saudi Arabia and the Role of Changing Youth Perceptions 2021
‘Bulging Ideas’:: Making Korea’s Public Diplomacy Work 2012
Calls for Change in the U.S. Nuclear Posture and Implications for South Korea 2023
Challenge in the Era of Chaos 2021
Challenges and Opportunities for Korea-Japan Relations in 2014 2014
Challenges Facing China after the Ukraine War and Its Responses 2023
Changing Tides:: THAAD and Shifting Korean Public Opinion toward the United States and China 2017
China’s Position on Increasing Military Cooperation between North Korea and Russia 2024
Climate and Carbon Markets:: Options for South Korea 2015
Comparing Allied Public Confidence in U.S. Extended Nuclear Deterrence 2024
Competing Great Power Coalitions 2024
Complex Competition 2022
CONFERENCE REPORT:: G20 and Global Governance Reform 2010
Countering Malign Foreign Influence Operations:: The Need for a Korean version of the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA) 2025
Counting Informed Public:: Case of Spending and Taxation in Korea 2014
The Curious Case of Post–Authoritarian Politics:: Explaining “Muslim Rage” and the Innocence of Muslims Protests 2012
The Days after the Fall of North Korea:: View(s) from the Business Community 2014
Deepening UAE-Israel Strategic Cooperation after the Abraham Accords 2022
Democratic Aspirations and Strategic Realignment in Biden’s Middle East Policy 2021
Dependencia, North Korea Style 2014
Diplomatic and Security Implications of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) 2021
Disaggregated ISIS and the New Normal of Terrorism 2016
Discord in Harmony:: Three Countries' Different Intentions at the 9th ROK-Japan-China Trilateral Summit 2024
Do Sanctions Work?: The Iran Sanctions Regime and Its Implications for Korea 2013
Economic Improvement in North Korea 2013
Egypt on Fire 2011
The Egyptian Uprising:: Opportunities and Challenges 2011
Era of Complex Competition and World Caught in a Whirlwind of Changes 2023
EURASIA’S HISTORIC CONTINENTALIST TRANSITION:: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE BROADER WORLD 2012
Europe’s Defense Revival:: What’s at Stake for South Korea 2024
Evaluating President Park Geun–Hye’s Foreign Policy in its 1st Year 2014
Evaluating the Nature of North Korea’s Policy Shift toward South Korea 2025
Evaluating the South Korean Special Envoy’s 2nd Pyongyang Visit:: Reviving Dialogue, Delaying Resolution 2018
Evaluation and Implications of the Indo-Pacific Regional Security Environment 2025
Evaluation of the 14th Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) of North Korea 2025
The Evolution of North Korean Cyber Threats 2019
The Evolution of the U.S.-Japan Alliance and its Implications for South Korea 2024
Expert Opinions on the Inter-Korean Summit 2018
Exploring Possibilities:: Minimum Number of Inspections Required to Detect a Violation in Denuclearization of North Korea 2018
Extended Deterrence and South Korea’s Role 2022
F-35 JSF and Military Transformation:: American Militarism during the Post-Cold War Era 2019
The Fallout:: South Korean Public Opinion Following North Korea’s Third Nuclear Test 2013
Fundamentals of South Korean Public Opinion on Foreign Policy and National Security 2021
The Future Direction of the Balance of Superpower Influence in Southeast Asia after the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election 2024
Future of ROK-US Alliance 2013
The Giving Mind:: Analysis of South Korean Public and Elite Attitudes on ODA 2017
Globalization and the Ties that Bind:: Korea and the Gulf 2015
HISTORY AND PRIMARY:: THE OBAMA RE-ELECTION 2012
How Korea Can Better Manage Maritime Piracy and Terror 2014
How Should South Korea Respond to China’s Pressure? 2023
How Should South Korea Respond to Youths’ Worsening Perception of China? 2023
How Should the Yoon Administration Approach China? 2022
How to Understand North Korea’s Demand for the Withdrawal of ROK-U.S. “hostile policy” 2022
Human Rights Abuses in North Korea's Nuclear Program 2014
Impact and Prospects of Releasing the Fukushima Contaminated Water (also Known as Daiichi ALPS Treated Water) - Implications for Korea 2024
Impact of Presidential Elections on North Korea Policy 2012
Implications of China’s Ballistic Missiles for Korean National Security 2015
Implications of Perfect Deterrence Theory for South Korea 2020
Implications of the Biden-Suga Summit for Moon's US Visit 2021
Implications of the DPRK-Russia “Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership” 2024
Implications of the KORUS FTA for Upcoming Sino-Korean FTA Negotiations 2012
In China’s Shadow: Exposing North Korean Overseas Networks 2016
In Troubled Waters:: Truths and Misunderstandings about Korea-Japan Relations 2015
The Inauguration of the Kishida Cabinet and Prospects for Korea-Japan Relations 2021
An Indo-Pacific Allied Shipbuilding Enterprise 2024
Information Sharing for Cyber-Security:: Evidence from Europe 2013
The Ishiba-Trump Summit:: Japan’s U.S. Diplomacy and Implications for South Korea 2025
Islam in Indonesian Foreign Policy:: The Limits of Muslim Solidarity for the Rohingya and Uighurs 2020
Israel-Hamas War:: Analysis and Prospects 2024
Israel’s Missile Defense and Some Implications for South Korea 2017
Issue Watch:: Guide to Key Policy Concerns in South Korea for 2014 2014
Japan’s 2021 General Election and the Second Kishida Cabinet:: Why did Japan choose the LDP again? 2021
Japan's Border Disputes:: Dokdo at the Center of Bigger Things 2012
Keeping a Comfortable Distance:: Myanmar’s Reforms, the erican “Pivot to Asia” and Implications for Southeast Asia 2012
Kidnapping as Foreign Policy:: North Korea’s History of State Sponsored Abductions 2018
Kim Jong Un’s Policy Plans in the Revision of the KWP Rules:: Continued Goal of Communizing South Korea, Enhancing Political Power, and Internal Solidarity 2021
Korea-ASEAN Defence Cooperation, focusing on the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting:: What to do and where to start? 2024
Korea-Japan Relations after the Yoon Suk-yeol & Kishida Shuttle Diplomacy Restoration:: Implications, Prospects and Challenges 2023
THE KOREAN DEFENSE REFORM 307 PLAN 2011
“Korean Three Pillars Strategy”:: An Assessment from an International Legal Perspective 2022
“Korean Three Pillars Strategy”:: A Legal Justification 2022
Korea’s Choice in 2019 2019
Korea’s Choice of Third Partner for Strategic Cooperation:: ASEAN’s Growing Presence 2023
Korea’s New Southern Policy:: Motivations of ‘Peace Cooperation’ and Implications for the Korean Peninsula 2019
Lessons from Fukushima:: A New “Carrot & Stick” Approch to Nuclear Safety 2011
Lessons from the Establishment of an Integrated Air Defense System among the United States, Israel, and Arab Countries:: Common Threat Perception 2024
Managing a Nuclear-Armed North Korea:: A Grand Strategy for a Denuclearized and Peacefully Unified Korea 2017
Managing Political Transitions in Seoul and Washington:: The ROK-US 123 Agreement 2013
Measuring A Giant: South Korean Perceptions of the United States 2015
Middle East Q&A:: Iran’s New Moderate President and Resetting the Relationship 2013
Middle East Q&A:: ISIS, Kurdistan, and Korea 2014
Middle East Q&A:: Egypt’s 2013 Coup and the Demise of Democracy 2013
Middle East Q&A:: Intervening in Syria and Lessons for North Korea 2013
Middle East Q&A:: Turkey’s 2013 Taksim Square Protests 2013
The Mirage of Kim-Moon-Trump (KMT) Summit Diplomacy 2022
Moon’s Foreign Policy Priorities in Words and Deeds 2020
Moon’s North Korea Policy:: Reengaging North Korea to Regain Strategic Initiative 2017
Ms. Park Goes to Washington:: The Seoul Take 2015
A New Beginning for ROK-U.S. Relations:: South Koreans’ View of the United States and Its Implications 2017
A New Golden Era?: Unconventional Oil and Gas Regulation in the Us: Implications for Korea 2013
The New Korean Government's Diplomatic Tasks for Improving Korea-Japan Relations 2022
Next Steps for ROK-Japan Relations After the March 6 Forced Labor Proposal 2023
Next Steps with North Korea and the Six-Party Talks 2011
No Hope Without Change:: Myanmar’s Reforms and Lessons for North Korea 2012
No New Cold War: Why US-China Strategic Competition will not be like the US-Soviet Cold War 2020
North Korea as Iran’s Counterfactual:: a Comparison of Iran and North Korea Sanctions 2013
North Korean Provocations and the Assurance Challenge for the ROK-US Alliance 2022
North Korea’s Climate Change Policy in the Kyoto Protocol System 2021
North Korea’s “Epic Economic Fail” in International Perspective 2015
North Korea’s Fourth Nuclear Test and the International Response: The possibility of a miniaturized boosted nuclear fission bomb and the THAAD decision 2016
North Korea’s Hostile Policy Toward South Korea and Its Link to Foreign Policy Strategies 2025
North Korea’s Military Behavior in 2024 and Choices for 2025 2025
North Korea’s New Byungjin:: Nuclear Development and Economic Retrenchment 2021
North Korea’s Troop Deployment to the Ukraine War and Fomenting Hostility Toward South Korea:: Escaping the Dilemma of the ‘Relationship between two belligerent States’ Doctrine 2024
Not Good Enough:: South Korea’s 2030 Carbon Mitigation Target and the INDC 2015
Not Under Pressure- How Pressure Leaked Out of North Korea Sanctions 2020
Obama’s Nuclear Legacy:: Reconciliation and Nonproliferation in Asia after Hiroshima 2016
Oil Price Stability Expected Despite the Iranian Crisis:: Iran Striving for Depoliticized OPEC 2012
One Bed, Two Dreams?: Assessing Xi Jinping’s Visit to Seoul 2014
Open North Korea:: Economic Benefits to China from the Distance Effect in Trade 2014
Opportunities and Challenges for South Korea in the New Era of 5G 2019
Outlook for China's Global South Strategy and Its Implications for South Korea 2025
Outlook for DPRK-Russia Relations in 2025 and South Korea’s Response 2025
Outlook for North Korea Policy under the Second Trump Administration and Its implications on South Korea 2024
The Outlook for US-China Relationship after the Anchorage High-Level Meeting:: A Focus on the US Perspective 2021
Outlook on China’s Foreign and Security Policy in Trump’s Second Term and South Korea’s Response 2024
The Outlook on Denuclearization and the ROK’s Choice 2018
Outside Looking In:: A View into the North Korean Economy 2014
The Palestinian Leadership Clash and Prospects for the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 2022
Panmunjom Declaration:: A Glass Half Full 2018
The Perils of Openness?: South Korea’s Quarantine Exemption for Chinese Vaccines 2021
A Perspective on Korea’s Participation in the Vietnam War 2013
Policy Recommendations for South Korea’s Middle East Strategy in 2025:: Defense and Nuclear Power Cooperation and Contributions to Post-War Reconstruction 2025
Political and Diplomatic Implications of China's Two Sessions 2021 2021
Political and Diplomatic Implications of China’s Two Sessions 2022 2022
The Post–Arab Spring Economic Outlook in Egypt 2013
Preparing for North Korean Collapse 2012
Prime Minister Kishida's Shaky Leadership:: Prospects for Japanese Politics and Korea-Japan Relations 2022
A Primer on the 19th South Korean Presidential Election in 2017 2017
Prospects for International Security Policy in Trump’s Second Term and the Realignment of the ROK-U.S. Alliance 2025
Prospects for the Taiwan Issue in the Era of U.S.-China Strategic Competition 2021
Prospects on Biden administration's North Korea policy:: Issues, Pyongyang’s response, and policy implications for ROK 2021
Quantifying the Effectiveness of Nuclear Inspection in North Korea 2018
A Quantitative Assessment of South Korea’s Options for the INDC in 2030 2015
Rebuilding 2021
“Recent U.S. Congressional Elections and Implications for ROK-U.S. Relations” 2011
Reciprocating Trust and Reconciling Ambitions in ROK-U.S. Defense Industrial Cooperation 2024
Recommendations for a New Energy Policy 2022
Reflections on the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami 2011
Regional Efforts to Advance Democracy and Human Rights in Asia:: APID, the PG20, and a Possible GGAIN 2012
Regulatory Readiness of the DPRK for Attracting Foreign Direct Investment 2019
Resettling in South Korea:: Challenges for Young North Korean Refugees 2014
Rethinking Public Opinion on Korea–Japan Relations 2013
The Return of the Taliban and the Revival of Jihadist Extremism 2021
Right, Wrong, and Ahead:: Why Moon Lost, Park Won, and the Road Forward 2012
The Rise of Phantom Traders:: Russian Oil Exports to North Korea 2018
Same, but different, foreign policies and regional strategies of Australia and New Zealand:: Implication for Korea’s foreign policy 2024
Saudi Arabia and Its New Leadership in 2030 2019
Saudi Arabia in 2030: The Emergence of a New Leadership 2019
Science and Technology to Prevent and Respond to CBRN Disasters:: ROK and US Perspectives 2014
The Shifting Environment in Northeast Asia and Our Responses 2019
Shigeru Ishiba’s New Cabinet’s Foreign and Security Policy and the Prospects for Korea-Japan Relations 2024
Should South Korea Join AUKUS Pillar 2? 2024
A Shrimp Between Two Whales?: Koreans’ View of the US-China Rivalry and THAAD 2017
The Significance of the 2012 US Election for South Korea 2012
The Slow Emergence of an Obama Foreign and Security Policy and the Outlook for Asia 2011
South Korea Needs to Properly Respond to China’s ‘Five Points’ 2022
South Korea-Japan Relations:: Navigating the ‘Minority Party’ Ishiba’s Second Cabinet and the Post-Sado Mine Memorial Ceremony Disruption 2024
South Korean Attitudes about ROK-Japan Relations on the Rocks 2019
South Korean Attitudes on China 2014
South Korean Attitudes on the Korea-US Alliance and Northeast Asia 2014
South Korean Attitudes toward North Korea and Reunification 2015
South Korean Attitudes Toward the U.S.-ROK Alliance and USFK 2019
South Korean Caution and Concern About China 2019
South Korean Perception on Climate Change 2020
South Korean Perceptions of the Denuclearization of North Korea 2019
South Korean Public Opinion on ROK-U.S. Bilateral Ties 2022
South Korean Youths’ Perceptions of North Korea and Unification 2018
South Koreans and Their Neighbors 2022 2022
South Koreans’ Perceptions of President Trump’s State Visit and Neighboring Countries 2018
South Korea's Indo-Pacific Strategy and the Role of the ROK Navy and Coast Guard 2023
South Korea’s Pacific Islands Strategy and Cooperation with Like-minded Partners 2024
South Korea’s Quad Opportunity:: Aligning Foreign Policy and Public Opinion 2023
Southeast Asian Perspectives of the United States and China:: A SWOT Analysis 2022
Space Technology Development:: Effects on National Security and International Stability 2014
Strategies of the Philippines, China, and the US in the South China Sea in 2025 and Future U.S. Policies on Alliances and the Indo-Pacific Region 2025
Stressing the Linchpin:: The US-ROK Alliance and ‘Rebalancing’ to Asia 2012
Succession Challenges in the Arab Gulf Monarchies 2015
The Syrian Civil War and its Implications for Korea 2013
Taiwan's 2024 Presidential Election and Taiwan Issues:: Prospects and Measures 2024
Ten Foreign Policy Issues for the Next South Korean Administration 2012
Think Twice:: A Comparative Perspective on the Political Transition in Egypt 2013
Time to Address North Korea’s Prison Labor Camps 2013
To Apologize and To Forgive:: Lessons for Asia from Europe’s Struggle with History 2012
Toward the Global Norm:: Supporting the Minimization of Highly Enriched Uranium in the Civilian Sector 2011
Towards a Framework for Energy Cooperation in Northeast Asia:: Challenges and Opportunities 2014
Transitioning Attitudes on North Korea:: Perceived Threat and Preferred Response 2023
The Troubled ROK-U.S. Alliance 2022
Trump 2.0 and Southeast Asia:: From Disengagement to Non-Confidence? 2024
Trump Time:: Koreans’ View of ROK–US Relations 2017
Trump’s Return and U.S. Policy Toward the Middle East in 2025 2024
The Ukrainian War and the Calculations of the Middle East 2022
Uncovering a Global Reputation:: The ROK’s Stabilization Policy and Development Model in the Middle East and North Africa 2021
Understanding the Correlation between Climate Change and the COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis 2021
Understanding the recent Southeast Asian arms build-up:: A commitment to a minimum military response capability 2023
Unknown Horror or Deliberate Indifference?: A Comparative Analysis of Human Rights Violations in North Korea and Syria 2014
Upgrading Myanmar-China Relations to International Standards 2015
U.S. Climate Policy and Issues in the Biden Era 2021
U.S. Strategy for the War in Gaza:: Changes and Prospects 2024
The U.S.-China Competition in South Korean Public Eyes 2020
Using Modified Anti-Dumping Mechanisms for Sustainable Development:: The Case of the Chinese Iron and Steel Industry 2017
U.S.-North Korea Summit and South Koreans’ Perceptions of Neighboring Countries 2018
The US-North Korea Summit Evaluation and South Korea’s Security Concerns 2018
Violence from Within:: North Korea’s Place in East Asian Community Debates 2011
The Way Ahead:: The Next Decade of PRC–ROK Relations 2013
What are potential Japanese reactions to North Korea’s nuclear threat? 2016
What Asia Wants from the US: Voices from the Region 2018
Which Countries does South Korea Share Commonality with on the Environment? 2014
Why Does China Claim that North Korea’s Provocations are “Legitimate Security Concerns?” 2023
Why North Korea 2013 Is Not East Germany 1989 2014
Will China’s Middle East Policy Change? 2021
X-Events and Social Processes How Human Systems Collapse — and Are Reborn 2013
Xi Jinping’s Third Term, the Outlook for China’s Domestic and Foreign Policy, and South Korea’s Response 2022
Yellow Sea Turning Red:: Darker Views of China among South Koreans 2011