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October 27, 2005

South Korea
Japan’s Relationship with South Korea

This publication is now archived. How are relations between Japan and South Korea?They worsened in mid-October after Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi visited the Yasukuni Shrine, a memorial …

Backgrounder by Esther Pan

October 13, 2005

Russia
Instability in Russia’s North Caucasus Region

Russia’s troubled North Caucasus region continues to struggle with a low-level Islamic insurgency, but a heavy-handed approach to counterinsurgency has not addressed the root causes of separatism in …

Russian cossacks patrol in central Volgograd.
Backgrounder by Zachary Laub

October 16, 2006

Japan
Japan’s New Leader Faces Old Problems with China and South Korea

The new prime minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, faces the difficult task of mending frayed relations with China and South Korea. Experts say that Abe has made initial progress, but the North Korea nucle…

Backgrounder by Carin Zissis

February 8, 2006

South Korea
South Korea’s Ties with China, Japan, and the U.S.: Defining a New Role in a Dangerous Neighborhood

South Korea, long a stalwart ally of the United States, is now seeking to define a new role for itself in Asia.

Backgrounder by Esther Pan

September 21, 2011

Middle East and North Africa
UN Resolutions on the Mideast and North Africa

Summaries and links to the seminal United Nations Security Council and General Assembly resolutions for the post-colonial period, focusing on those related to the Arab-Israeli conflict in the Middle …

Backgrounder by Christopher W. Tatlock