Foreign Policy In Focus | Asia and Pacific Rim in Focus

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM In Focus: Nuclear Proliferation, Women's Issues, Environment, Self-Determination, Economic Development

		In Focus Policy Briefs Responding to North Korea's Surprises John Feffer (December 2002) Bush Policy Undermines Progress on Korean Peninsula John Feffer (March 2002) Establishing Normal Trade Relations with Vietnam & Laos Andrew Wells-Dang (July 2001) Nuclear Proliferation in South Asia: U.S. Policy Challenges Samina Ahmed (July 2001) Myths and Realities of China’s Military Power Thomas Bickford (April 2001) U.S. Human Rights Policy Toward China Margaret Huang (March 2001) Missile Defense & China Wade L. Huntley and Robert Brown (January 2001) East Timor Lynn Fredriksson (December 2000) Progress on the Korean Peninsula? John Feffer (December 2000) Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation John Gershman (November 2000) Papua: Another East Timor? Abigail Abrash (October 2000) Sri Lanka’s Long War Miriam Young (October 2000) U.S. Policy Regarding Burma Philip S. Robertson (September 2000) Overcoming the Legacy of the Vietnam War Andrew Wells-Dang (August 2000) Okinawa and the U.S. Military in Northeast Asia Tim Shorrock (July 2000) A New Era for the Korean Peninsula John Feffer (July 2000) U.S.-China-Taiwan Military Relations James H. Nolt (April 2000) Reassessing Tibet Policy A. Tom Grunfeld (April 2000) U.S. Security Challenges & Issues in South Asia Sumit Ganguly and David Stuligross (March 2000) China in the WTO: The Debate James H. Nolt (December 1999) U.S.-North Korea Relations John Feffer (May 1999) Women and the U.S. Military in East Asia Gwyn Kirk, Rachel Cornwell, and Margo Okazawa-Rey (March 1999) Asian Financial Crisis Tim Shorrock (November 1998) Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation John Gershman (November 1998) Indonesia After Suharto Abigail Abrash (November 1998) U.S.-China Security Relations James H. Nolt (June 1998) The South Asian Nuclear Crisis Arjun Makhijani (June 1998) Asian Financial Crisis Tim Shorrock (April 1998) Korea Tim Shorrock (February 1998) Cambodia Phil Robertson (December 1997) Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Ehito Kimura (October 1997) Burma Philip S. Robertson Jr. (August 1997) Cambodia Phillip S. Robertson Jr. (July 1997) Asia/Pacific Overview Matt Miller (March 1997) Japan Cristina Davis (January 1997) Indochina John McAuliff (January 1997) Indonesia Philip S. Robertson (January 1997) Asia/Pacific Peace and Security Issues Dr. Joseph Gerson (January 1997) North Korea Rev. Paul Kim (January 1996) Afghanistan Barnett Rubin (January 1996) U.S. China Policy: Trade, Aid, and Human Rights George Kourous and Tom Barry (January 1996)

Papers & Reports Fearful Symmetry: Washington and Pyongyang John Feffer (July 2003) The Forgotten War Shows No Sign of Abating Mark Sedra (April 2003) The "Day After" in Iraq: Lessons from Afghanistan Mark Sedra (March 2003) Afghanistan: Between War and Reconstruction Where Do We Go From Here? Mark Sedra (March 2003) Coping with North Korea Wade L. Huntley (February 24, 2003) The Anti-American Blowback from Bush's Korea Policy Jeffrey Robertson (January 21, 2003) Remaking Policy in Asia? John Gershman (November 2002) The U.S. "War on Terror" and East Asia James Reilly (February 2002) Don’t Strengthen the WTO by Admitting China Sarah Anderson, John Cavanagh, and Bama Athreya How to Debate the China Issue Without China Bashing John Gershman Nationalist Ideologies and Misperceptions in India-U.S. Relations Arun Swamy
	Outside the U.S. Commentary India May Send Troops to Iraq Ninan Koshy (June 30, 2003) India's "Middle Path" Through War In Iraq: A Devious Route To the U.S. Camp Ninan Koshy (April 14, 2003) Alternative Political Voices In Uzbekistan Josh Machleder (January 29, 2003) American Commander Alters Military Strategy in Afghanistan Ahmed Rashid (January 17, 2003) New Dynamics in U.S.-Korean Relations Jeffrey Robertson (January 7, 2003) Afghanistan: It Is Time for a Change in the Nation-Building Strategy Mark Sedra (November 15, 2002) Afghanistan: Donor Inaction and Ineffectiveness Mark Sedra (October 14, 2002) Sustainable Farming: Faulty Lessons From America Devinder Sharma (August 29, 2002) Nuclear Brinkmanship Is Not Deterrence Rebecca Johnson (August 6, 2002) Emergency Loya Jirga: Strength In Numbers? Halima Kazem (June 5, 2002) Kim Jong-il: Promises, Promises Brent (Won-Ki) Choi (May 30, 2002) The Price of Failure in Kashmir Achin Vanaik (May 28, 2002) Afghan Women Emerge As Elections Take Place Ahmed Rashid (May 22, 2002) Defense Establishment's Control of U.S. Policy Poses Threat to Afghan Reconstruction Ahmed Rashid (April 17, 2002) Security Concerns Mount In Afghanistan As Country Enters Critical Reconstruction Phase Ahmed Rashid (March 19, 2002) Reviewing the Korea-U.S. Summit: What Lies Beneath Brent (Won-Ki) Choi (February 22, 2002) Industrial Unrest in China: A Labor Movement in the Making? Tim Pringle (February 20, 2002) Redressing Evil: Advice from South Korea Brent Choi (February 11, 2002) Fighting Terrorism, Undermining Democracy in Pakistan Najum Mushtaq (January 13, 2002) Hamid Karzai Moves From Lightweight To Heavyweight In Afghan Politics Ahmed Rashid (December 12, 2001) No One is Asking Ordinary Afghans What They Want Sayed Aqa and Deonna Kelli Sayed (November 21, 2001) The Natural Ally and the Tactical Ally Ninan Koshy (November 16, 2001) Pakistan's Day of Reckoning Najum Mushtaq (September 2001) Kashmir at the Summit Ninan Koshy (July 2001) Looking from India at the Spy Plane Ninan Koshy (May 2001)
		Global Affairs Commentary U.S. Weapons Aid Repression in Aceh Frida Berrigan (June 11, 2003) Recycling Wars Col. Dan Smith (Ret.) (June 6, 2003) Council on Foreign Relations Urges Bush Administration to Commit Seriously to Diplomacy with North Korea Jim Lobe (May 20, 2003) China Hawk Settles in Neocons' Nest Jim Lobe (May 12, 2003) Eyes on Different Prizes John Feffer (May 12, 2003) U.S. and India -- A Dangerous Alliance Conn Hallinan (May 6, 2003) Is North Korea Next? John Feffer (March 24, 2003) South Korea Joins the Axis of Independence John Feffer (February 24, 2003) Terror and Torture in the Philippines Frida Berrigan (February 21, 2003) The Time-Out Method Doesn't Work John Feffer (January 23, 2003) Iraq, North Korea, and the U.S. Nuclear "...Or Else" Col. Dan Smith (Ret.) (January 13, 2003) Roh's Election Victory and the Widening Gap Between the U.S. and South Korea Tim Shorrock (January 7, 2003) Violence in Papua: The Role of Military Elements in Perpetuating Violence Anthony L. Smith (November 27, 2002) In Afghanistan, Paying for War is Easier than Paying for Peace Frida Berrigan (November 25, 2002) Jiang's Game and Hu's Advantages Cheng Li (November 21, 2002) Afghan Women: Enduring American "Freedom" Sonali Kolhatkar (November 14, 2002) North Korea is Asking for Too Much in the Nuclear Crisis--Or is It? Anthony DiFilippo (November 14, 2002) Collateral Damage Means Real People Ben Kiernan (November 5, 2002) BBQ in Crawford: The Interregnum in U.S.-China Relations John Gershman (October 30, 2002) Responding to North Korea's Surprises John Feffer (October 24, 2002) Afghanistan Quagmire Jim Lobe (September 6, 2002) Arming India Isn't Route to Peace Conn Hallinan (August 16, 2002) Powell Punts in South Asia Arun R. Swamy (August 5, 2002) U.S.-Russian Lessons for South Asia Zia Mian, R. Rajaraman, and Frank von Hippel (August 2, 2002) Powell's Predicament John Gershman (July 26, 2002) The Yellow Peril Revisited Jim Lobe and Tom Barry (July 12, 2002) Supporting Indonesia's Military Bad Idea Second Time Around Conn Hallinan (June 12, 2002) India Flirting With Disaster Muqtedar Khan (June 5, 2002) U.S. and Malaysia Now Best Friends in War on Terrorism John Gershman (May 10, 2002) Washington Is Ignoring Human Rights Abuses: The Indonesia Case Frida Berrigan (May 7, 2002) Is India Going the Way of 1930s Germany? Arun R. Swamy (March 27, 2002) Diplomacy by Dereliction: U.S. Policy Toward Korea is in Disarray Bruce Cumings (February 15, 2002) U.S. Takes Antiterrorism War to the Philippines John Gershman (January 15, 2002) East Timor: U.S. Gave Green Light to Invasion Jim Lobe (December 12, 2001) The UN and the United States in Afghanistan Ian Williams (November 30, 2001) The War in Afghanistan is Far From Over Stephen Zunes (November 16, 2001) Closer Military Ties May Mean Deepening War in the Philippines John Gershman (November 16, 2001) Operation Enduring Freedom? Ritu Sharma and Robert Gustafson (November 1, 2001) Walk Softly and Look Ahead in Nuclear South Asia Zia Mian (October 31, 2001) Bin Laden and Mandela: Yesterday's Freedom Fighters, Today's Terrorist? William G. Martin (September 27, 2001) What Bin Laden and Global Warming Have in Common Robert M. Cutler (September 27, 2001) Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan Abid Aslam (September 2001) Fighting Terrorism, Undermining Democracy in Indonesia John Gershman (September 2001) Korea: Liberation and Self-Determination John Feffer (August 2001) The Two Worlds of Abu Sayyaf Sean Yom (August 2001) Indonesia's Hard Line Strengthens Secessionists in West Papua Jim Lobe (July 2001) Bush-Cheney Energy Plan Could Aggravate Ethnic Conflicts Abid Aslam and Jim Lobe (July 2001) Indonesia: Aceh Arrests Could Portend Increased Polarization, Violence Jim Lobe (July 2001) Summitry John Gershman (July 2001) China's Political Succession: Four Myths in the U.S. Cheng Li (May 2001) We Have Seen the Enemy, and It Is China John Gershman (May 2001) Chaos Rules! Bush Administration Policy Toward China John Gershman (May 2001) Assessing New U.S. Arms Sales to Taiwan James H. Nolt (April 2001) Normal Trading Relations with China: Round Two John Gershman (April 2001) Arms Sales to Taiwan: A Flashpoint Issue John Gershman (March 2001) Bush Faces Challenges on the Korean Peninsula Karin Lee and John Feffer (March 2001) The Trials and Tribulations of China’s First Democracy: The ROC One Year After the Victory of Chen Shui-bian Teresa Wright (February 2001) Bush Administration and South Asia John Gershman (December 2000) The Big Issues in U.S.-China Relations: The Silent Debate John Gershman (November 2000)
Self-Determination Conflict Watch East Timor Conflict Profile Anthony L. Smith (February 2002) Aceh Conflict Profile Anthony L. Smith (February 2002) Korea Conflict Profile John Feffer (January 2002) Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang Conflict Profile Sean L. Yom (December 2001) Uzbekistan Conflict Profile Jim Lobe (October 2001) India: Crackdown on Islamic Groups Abid Aslam (October 9, 2001) Irian Jaya: Special Autonomy and Heavy Military Hand Abid Aslam (September 24, 2001) Afghanistan Conflict Profile Jim Lobe and Abid Aslam (September 2001) Fiji Votes Along Ethnic Lines Abid Aslam (September 10, 2001) Crisis Watch Profile: Kashmir John Gershman (August 2001) Crisis Watch Profile: Moros in the Philippines John Gershman (June 2001, updated October 2001) Crisis Watch Profile: Fiji Abid Aslam (May 2001)