Abstract: It is always a risky affair, especially for a weak state to strike the right balance while dealing with two great powers having serious…
Publication Type: Articles
Abstract: China has a long coastline of approximately 18,000 kilometers and hence an extensive continental shelf as well as an EEZ. Its coastline is said…
Abstract: The foreign policy behavior of North Korea remains puzzling to many observers to date. This article aims to explain Pyongyang’s foreign behavior between 1995…
Abstract: In 2018, the Korean Peninsula has seen growing expectations of an era of peace due to the Inter–Korean Summit and the U.S.–DPRK Summit. Accordingly,…
Abstract: North Korea claims to have detonated a hydrogen bomb twice as of 2017. While any North Korean claim should be greeted with skepticism, it…
Continue reading Hastings, Justin V., Haneol Lee, and Robert Kelley
Abstract: To North Korea, the denuclearization plan of the Korean Peninsula is the first of its reactions to the American nuclear issue, and a regional…
Abstract: Since the post–war era, understanding Japan’s security rhetoric and actions presented certain incongruities. While the constructivist arguments underscore that the influence of post–war antimilitarist…
Abstract: The situation in Southeast Asia brings attention not only to the regional countries, but also to the great powers. The growing People’s Republic of…
Abstract: The paper explores the development of Vietnam’s bilateral defense diplomacy with world and regional powers including the United States, India, and Japan, with a…
Abstract: The Republic of Korea, now more than ever, faces more security challenges, strategic dilemmas, and policy tasks. North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, after consolidating…
Abstract: This research discusses why Japan’s “Basic Defense Force Concept” adopted earlier was maintained amidst the widely-discussed demise of détente and the arrival of the…
Abstract: This paper will analyze why and how US-Japan-Australia security cooperation developed in the 2000s, mainly from the allied perspective (Japan and Australia). Existing literature…
Abstract: The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) was adopted by the United Nations in July 2017 with the support of nearly two-thirds…
Abstract: The nuclear dimension of the China-India relationship has a striking feature vis-à-vis other nuclear rivalries. Due to significant asymmetries in their second strike capabilities,…
Abstract: In light of recent years’ increasing air and missile threats, both quantitatively and qualitatively, the United States, under its vision for integrated air and…
