East Asian Security Challenges

This article contains reports on the National Committee on American Foreign Policy's (NCAFP's) three track II projects on Northeast Asian security-one on U.S.-China Relations with a particular emphasis on the Taiwan issue, a second on the North Korean nuclear challenge, and a third on the future of the U.S. alliances with Japan and South Korea. Despite the potential flashpoints posed by North Korea's continuing efforts to develop nuclear weapons and the impasse between China and Taiwan over the status of Taiwan, the reports conclude that for the first time in many decades the great powers in the region recognize that they have a common interest in regional stability and prosperity. Consequently, they are working together on a number of common security challenges.