Abstract This article examines the causal associations between domestic Japan’s socio-psychological indices and people’s perceptions toward territorial disputes with China and South Korea. The triangulation…
Country or Region: South Korea
Summary Decades after the end of the World War II East Asia continues to struggle with lingering animosities and unresolved historical grievances in domestic, bilateral…
Summary Japan was sometimes described as a country of “peace” during the Cold War period, in contrast to the continental border conflicts taking place at…
Summary Given the impressive growth in East Asia after World War II, initially led by Japan, the region’s development models have been scrutinized since the…
Abstract This article deconstructs United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 2094 through the preambulatory statements, objectives, obligations, and implementation and enforcement provisions of UNSC Resolution…
Summary The global consensus in academic, specialist and public realms is that North Korea is a problem: its nuclear ambitions pose a threat to international security,…
Abstract The power struggle among the United States, China, Russia, and Japan surrounding the Korean peninsula has led some political leaders, scholars, pundits and government…
Abstract The Republic of Korea inhabits a peninsula surrounded by the sea, but its ocean space is restricted because it has close neighbours in each…
Summary This book analyses the Japanese-South Korean relationship from various angles including politics, security, economics, culture and immigration. In a sense the two countries are…
Summary With China now South Korea’s number one trading partner and destination for foreign investment and tourism, what are the implications for politics and security…
Summary Although Northeast Asia could be on the verge of becoming the world’s third great region, expanding economic ties have not been supported by security…
Abstract Domestic politics combined with strategic repositioning toward the U.S. set back ties between Japan and South Korea in 2004–05. Despite the North Korean nuclear…
Abstract The United States-Republic of Korea (ROK) alliance is under greater strain than ever before. One former U.S. ambassador to South Korea called 2004 “the…
Abstract The United States has completed numerous free trade agreements (FTAs), but the pattern of these agreements defies conventional explanations. Arguments that are based on…
Abstract The Dokdo/Takeshima dispute between the ROK and Japan remains the single biggest obstacle to an improvement of South Korean–Japanese relations. The issue forces South…
