Summary Often lost in the discussion about the nuclear crisis are its regional dynamics. Since 2002, China, Japan, Russia, and South Korea have struggled to…
Country or Region: North Korea
Abstract Observers have attributed the long-term crisis between North Korea and its adversaries America, South Korea and Japan, which has reached a new high point…
Summary As tensions on the Korean peninsula rise after an international investigation found that North Korea was responsible for the sinking of a South Korean…
Summary This book chronicles the political-military development of the Korean Peninsula since 1945, with particular attention to North Korea’s pursuit of nuclear technology and nuclear…
Summary East Asia is now the world’s economic powerhouse, but ghosts of history continue to trouble relations between the key countries of the region, particularly…
Summary Something new is happening across East Asia. A part of the world long noted for its lack of internal economic links is discussing regional…
Summary This book consists of the author’s writings on China’s perspective and policy with regard to its foreign relations and engagement of regional and global…
Summary After Leaning to One Side traces the rise and fall of the Sino-Soviet alliance between 1949 and 1973, emphasizing tension over the Korean and…
Abstract During the 1970’s and 1980’s, Beijing and Washington shared common strategic purposes. But these shared interests have narrowed in the 1990’s. The Sino-American relationship…
Summary The dynamics of international relations in Asia are undergoing broad and fundamental changes that are reverberating around the world. Primary among the catalysts of…
Summary Andrew Scobell examines the use of Chinese military force abroad as in Korea (1950), Vietnam (1979), and the Taiwan Strait (1995-1996) and domestically, as…
Summary This volume addresses the role of the Chinese military in shaping its country’s security environment. The PLA itself is shaped and molded by both…
Abstract Washington’s eyes may be on the latest developments in the Keystone pipeline dispute and the Crimean Peninsula crisis, but a bigger story is unfolding,…
Abstract This paper presents some scenarios that, if they were to come to pass, could result in military conflict with China over the next thirty…
Abstract International safeguards is the system of measures put in place by the International Atomic Energy Agency and states to ensure nuclear programs remain dedicated…
