Summary In the years since the death of Kim Jong-il and the formal acknowledgement of Kim Jong-un as head of state, the North Korean regime…
Continue reading Cathcart, Adam, Robert Winstanley-Chesters, and Christopher K. Green, eds
Country or Region: North Korea
Abstract This article examines the sources of Chinese foreign policy in a particularly important case—recent policy toward North Korea. It surveys that policy in several…
Abstract The nuclear program is arguably Kim Jong-un’s strategic fantasy and core asset for breaking the status quo in order to achieve a unified Korea.…
Abstract South Korea has traditionally maintained close ties with the United States, especially for external security, while more recently it has become closer to China,…
Abstract The East Asian region is in flux with the rapidly increasing rise of Chinese power and the perception of a relative decline of US…
Abstract China’s tough response to North Korea’s first nuclear test in 2006 raised expectations in the US, South Korea and Japan that Beijing might align…
Summary Is East Asia heading toward war? Throughout the 1990s, conventional wisdom among U.S. scholars of international relations held that institutionalized cooperation in Europe fosters…
Continue reading Suh, J. J., Peter J. Katzenstein, and Allen Carlson, eds
Introduction In recent years, China has started throwing its weight around. It has defied international law and risked violent clashes in the East China and…
Introduction In the next four years, North Korea is poised to cross a dangerous threshold by finally developing the capability to hit the continental United…
Introduction The post-Cold War era has made a new concept of cooperative diplomacy visible in international relations. Although uncertain yet whether cooperative diplomacy will become…
Introduction Northeast Asia is the only region in the world in which the technological potential to make nuclear weapons is combined with deep-seated (though currently…
Introduction US security interest in the Republic of Korea has two dimensions. One is regional, and the other is global. Since the Korean War (1950-53) the US has…
Introduction For the purpose of this discussion northeast Asia is assumed to incorporate the People’s Republic of China, the Republic China (Taiwan), the Democratic People’s…
Introduction In the past year, the security environment on the Korean peninsula has gone from a seemingly hopeless stalemate to a situation with the best…
Summary This book provides a theoretical and empirical analysis of a key concept in East Asian security debates, sovereign autonomy, and how it reproduces hierarchy…
