Summary Now in its new and fully updated third edition, The New Global Politics of the Asia-Pacific continues to provide a compelling analysis of a…
Continue reading Connors, Michael Kelly, Rémy Davison, and Jörn Dosch
Country or Region: North Korea
Summary Japan’s Foreign Relations in Asia has been specifically designed to introduce students to Japan’s foreign relations in Asia since 1990, a period in which…
Abstract This article aims to evaluate the will of the Chinese government to implement UN Security Council Resolution 2270 following North Korea’s fourth nuclear test…
Abstract Of the nine countries known to have nuclear weapons, six are located in Asia and another, the United States, borders the Pacific Ocean. Russia…
Continue reading Toon, Owen B., Alan Robock, Michael Mills, and Lili Xia
Preview The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK, or North Korea), following the strategic line on carrying out economic construction and building nuclear armed forces…
Abstract After North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear test in January 2016, China’s response was stern enough for certain China analysts to posit that the…
Abstract The USA has long called for the complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearisation of North Korea. But is this a realistic policy option? In order…
Abstract North Korea’s participation in the UNHRC’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR)—a peer review in which states make recommendations to one another for improving human rights…
Abstract The coping strategies that small Chinese firms operating in North Korea have chosen involve insinuating themselves into North Korean political and social networks, and…
Abstract Although North Korea remains one of the most isolated countries in the world, hundreds of foreign actors continue to work quietly inside the country.…
Abstract In this article I explore the discursive origins of anti-Americanism or anti-American sentiments in the two Koreas, where the status of postcolonial states was…
Abstract This essay first considers the Kim regime’s prioritization of survival and the implications of this orientation for North Korean foreign policy. It then assesses…
Abstract North Korea’s dogged pursuit of a nuclear and ballistic missile capability has never been the sole reason for its confrontational relationship with the United…
Abstract In this essay, I elaborate on the three main components of Japan’s responses to North Korea’s provocations and discuss the problems of each component.…
Abstract This essay will analyze the recent interactions between China and the DPRK and examine the factors that prompted China to adopt a tougher stance…
