Summary Originally perceived as a cheap and plentiful source of power, the commercial use of nuclear energy has been controversial for decades. Worries about the…
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Summary More than half a century after the advent of the nuclear age, is the world approaching a tipping point that will unleash an epidemic…
Reuters news story on safety concerns and politics in South Korea’s nuclear energy field.
Abstract This book considers the nuclear futures of India and Pakistan, respectively. Noting the multiplicity of actors affecting India’s future nuclear posture, Basrur and Cohen…
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From the publisher: Global power is shifting to Asia. The U.S. military is leading an American “pivot” to the Indo-Pacific region. Asian “theaters” attract the…
This post by the National News Bureau of Thailand quotes the Thai National Shippers’ Council chief, Paiboon Polsuwanna, on his views toward the construction of…
Summary This edited volume puts forth a theoretically and empirically rigorous analysis of Japanese foreign policy. It explains the impact of norms on Japan’s foreign…
Summary The rise of China presents a long-term challenge to the world not only economically, but politically and culturally. Callahan meets this challenge in China:…
Summary In this paper, we explain why the U.S. government chose multilateral security arrangements in Europe and bilateral ones in Asia in the 1940s and…
Continue reading Hemmer, Christopher M., and Peter J. Katzenstein
This paper examines China’s role in the institutionalisation of regional cooperation in Asia. The author argues that geostrategic considerations on the part of China will…
Summary Religion, nationalism, ethnicity, economics, and geopolitics all are important in explaining Iran’s goals and tactics in its relationship with the outside world, as are…
Continue reading Byman, Daniel, Shahram Chubin, Anoushiravan Ehteshami, and Jerrold D. Gree
Summary India has espoused the notion of building ’South-South’ relations with other developing countries in recent years. The ASEAN countries, in particular, have come to…
Summary Contemporary Chinese Politics: Sources, Methods, and Field Strategies considers how new and diverse sources and methods are changing the study of Chinese politics. Contributors…
Continue reading Carlson, Allen, Mary E. Gallagher, Kenneth Lieberthal and Melanie Manion, eds
Summary The rise of other global powers is most often posed as a sorry tale, full of threats to America’s primacy, prosperity, and way of…
