Summary The future is not what it used to be because we can no longer rely on the comforting assumption that it will resemble the…
Country or Region: North Korea
Abstract This article draws on Michael Barnett and Raymond Duvall’s power typology to examine Chinese power in Sino-Mongolia and Sino-North Korean relations. Using compulsory, institutional,…
Summary This new title from Routledge, edited by Professor Leszek Buszynski, includes the key literature on Asia Pacific Security. Arranged across four volumes, the collection…
From the publisher: This article is composed of three major sections. In the first section, I explain why the pessimistic predictions of the 1990s about a…
From the publisher: The Long Shadow is the first comprehensive, systematic examination of the roles and implications of nuclear weapons in the dramatically different post–Cold War security…
Summary North Korea’s institutional politics defy traditional political models, making the country’s actions seem surprising or confusing when, in fact, they often conform to the…
Summary At the conclusion of World War II, Asia was hardly more than a geographic expression. Yet today we recognize Asia as a vibrant and…
Summary Andrei Lankov has gone where few outsiders have ever been. A native of the former Soviet Union, he lived as an exchange student in…
Summary North Korea continues to be a country of great concern internationally, where future developments are uncertain, especially as a result of the succession to…
From the publisher: 2011 was a watershed for nuclear power. In March, all eyes focused on Japan, where the world’s third severe accident at a nuclear…
Summary A major historical account of the Korean War, its origins, and its evolving impact on the world. Sixty years after North Korean troops crossed…
Summary An unprecedented description of the critical energy situation throughout Asia, this book examines the energy resources, naval forces, and national strategies of the nations…
Summary Interest in reviving strategic culture as a field of study results from the inadequacy of traditional analytical approaches and calls to develop a new…
Continue reading Kartchner, Kerry M., Jeannie L. Johnson, and Jeffrey A. Larsen
Summary Nuclear technology is dual use in nature, meaning that it can be used to produce nuclear energy or to build nuclear weapons. Despite security…
Summary To much of the world, North Korea is an impenetrable mystery, its inner workings unknown and its actions toward the outside unpredictable and frequently…
