The U.S., Japan and Korea share a number of common strategic interests, including security challenges posed by North Korea and the changing landscape associated with China’s rise. Yet the two American allies also have faced stresses related to a variety of issues, from history to territorial questions and divergent views of the regional landscape. In this panel, three well-known experts discuss the future of the triangular relations between the U.S. and its two Northeast Asian allies in the wake of the fifth North Korean nuclear test. Speakers: T. J. Pempel is Jack M. Forcey Professor of Political Science in UC Berkeley’s Department of Political Science. Pempel’s research and teaching focus on comparative politics, political economy, contemporary Japan and Asian regional ties. Myung-hwan Yu is a former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of South Korea. He served as Korea’s Ambassador to Israel, Japan and the Philippines. Akihiko Tanaka is a professor of international politics at the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia (IASA) at the University of Tokyo. Tanaka’s specialties include theories of international politics, contemporary international relations in East Asia and Japan’s foreign policy. Moderator: Stephan Haggard is the Lawrence and Sallye Krause Professor of Korea-Pacific Studies, director of the Korea-Pacific Program and distinguished professor of political science at the School. This event is sponsored by the Korea-Pacific Program and The Asia Research Fund and The Pacific Century Institute.