CIAO DATE: 05/2014
January 2014
Lowy Institute for International Policy
In this workshop report Lowy Institute Nonresident Fellow Dr Malcolm Cook examines the bilateral relationships in Northeast Asia. He argues that ties between China and Japan, China and South Korea, and South Korea and Japan are in a period of fundamental change driven mainly by domestic and bilateral factors. Dr Cook writes that China-South Korea relations are broadening in a positive direction, while Japan’s relations with both China and South Korea are in a much less positive state. The report reasons that the factors driving these relations are not only important in shaping relations within Northeast Asia, they also have the potential to impact US-China relations.
Resource link: Northeast Asia's Turbulent Triangle: Korea-China-Japan Relations [PDF] - 156K