Korea-Japan Relations and Washington

| March 3, 2015
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The CIP’s J. Berkshire Miller discusses the deterioration of Korea-Japan Relations in a East Asia Foundation policy brief.

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[analysis] Tensions between Japan and Korea have been incrementally building, reaching their nadir over the past couple years under the watch of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Korean President Park Geun-hye. Tokyo and Seoul’s deep-rooted historical problems have thus far prevented any chance a comprehensive bilateral partnership between Washington’s two key allies in East Asia. This presents a significant obstacle for the US which is looking to coordinate between its allies in the Asia-Pacific in order to add heft to the Obama administration rebalancing strategy.

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Category: FOREIGN POLICY & SECURITY, SOUTH ASIA & ASIA PACIFIC

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J. Berkshire Miller is a Founding Director of the Council on International Policy, a fellow on East Asia for the EastWest Institute and also Chair of the Japan-Korea Working Group for the Pacific Forum CSIS.

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