In the post-Cold War era, the U.S.´ prime objective in East Asia is to maintain the security and economic interests that it secured in the region during the Cold War, alongside its role as a proactive "regional balancer." These national interests can be comprehensively applied to the region, as they include "stable control over the rise of China," "stronger ties with regional allies, especially Japan and South Korea," "resolution of regional disputes, represented by the Taiwan issue and the North Korea issue,"...
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The Korea Institute for National Unification (KINU) is a think-tank dedicated on research on Korean Peninsula issues.
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