Rediscovering Ikigai: Japan’s Reevaluation of Individual Purpose
What is it that makes life worth living? What is it that drives you to keep moving forward and fuels your happiness? For many, finding […]
East Asia
The Global Political Youth Movement: A Fight for Rights, Justice, and Democracy
Each generation is placed in uncharted waters and at the frontlines of human innovation and progress. Born into and grown under a society created by […]
China Guessing
I have never been comfortable with the term “China watcher.” It is an awkward expression. It brings to mind a beardy, near-sighted academic in his […]
China Scraps Presidential Term Limit: Implications for the World
China abolished the constitutional limit on the number of terms the president and vice-president can serve. The message is clear: Xi Jinping can remain China’s […]
Too Much Politics: The South Korean presidential crisis
The South Korean National Assembly impeached President Park Geun-hye in December with a 234-56 vote, shattering the mandated 200-vote threshold. It was at last a […]
Deep Sea Mining: Diamond in the rough, or Pandora’s box?
Robert Peary, Roald Amundsen, Tenzing Norgay, Edmund Hillary. All are names of explorers famous for reaching places considered unreachable. Peary reached the North Pole in […]
Facing Change: The Americanization of law
It was only a few years ago that Korean law schools were actually four-year undergraduate institutions with a two-year required mentorship at the JRTI – […]
Weighing the Scales: US presidential ballot box for Asia
As both presidential nominees travel across the US in the last weeks before the election, the world will be eagerly awaiting the results on November […]
Coming Full Circle: How far has Obama turned in his Pivot to Asia?
At the outset of President Obama’s first term, a range of new diplomatic initiatives were unveiled, ones meant to establish a distinct break from President […]
FTAs in East Asia: Economic integration or spheres of influence?
In the past few years the rhetorical back and forth between China and the US over economic institutional governance has intensified. Along with concerns over […]