Policy Briefing Book Assignment Write a policy briefing book of 10-15 pages should address a contemporary issue, debate, or problem in the international relations of East Asia with the aim of providing solutions. The briefing book should be written to a
Be sure to clear your topic with Professor Coleman in advance. Some ideas are as follows; other suggestions are welcome, too.
Territorial dispute over Diaoyu/Senkaku islands
Territorial dispute over Dokdo/Takeshima islands
Territorial dispute over the Northern Territories/Southern Kuriles
Territorial disputes in South China Sea
Territorial dispute between China & India
Chinese ADIZ in the East China Sea
Comfort women issue
“History problem” between Japan and China and/or South Korea and/or US
Yasukuni shrine visits
Nuclear North Korea
Japanese abductees in North Korea
US realignment of forces on Okinawa & the Pacific
US Air-Sea Battle
North Korea-South Korea Relations & Unification
China-Taiwan unification
US-Japan alliance
Japan and collective self-defense
Japan and piracy
Japan and UN peacekeeping
East Asia and cyber-security cooperation
US-ROK alliance
US arms sales to Taiwan
US defense support for Taiwan
Japan going nuclear
Japan and immigration
China-Japan-South Korea Free Trade Agreement
Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Pact
Reforming the Asian Development Bank
BRICS Bank
East Asian Community proposals