Abstract This paper studies the roles of co-chairs in international negotiations. This study attempts to fill the research gap by scrutinizing co-chairs’ effectiveness, defined as…
Country or Region: South Korea
Abstract Rising East Asian maritime tensions between China and its neighbors since 2009 without military conflict are explained by compelling factors including China’s assertiveness, the…
Abstract What explains the Japan–South Korea security relationship in the post-Cold War period? This article highlights the impact of the conflict and convergence of identity…
Abstract This article explores the possibility of institutional multilateralism in Northeast Asia from the perspective of “emergent peace”. The main argument of the article is…
Abstract The severe deterioration in South Korea–Japan relations under Abe Shinzo and Park Geun-hye seems paradoxical given that Abe’s grandfather, Kishi Nobusuke, and Park’s father,…
Abstract Despite earlier premonitions that East Asia might be ‘ripe for rivalry’, interstate relations in this region have generally become less tense in recent years.…
Summary The increasing economic and political importance of East Asia in the global political economy requires a deeper analysis of the nature of the…
Summary Japan has long wrestled with the memories and legacies of World War II. In the aftermath of defeat, war memory developed as an…
Summary Assessments of China’s importance on the world stage usually focus on a single dimension of China’s increasing power, rather than on the multiple…
Summary Can regional mechanisms better institutionalize the increasing complexity of economic and security ties among the countries in Northeast Asia? As the international state system…
Summary East Asian countries are now pursuing greater formal economic institutionalization, weaving a web of bilateral and minilateral preferential trade agreements. Scholarly analysis of “formal”…
Abstract This article seeks to analyze the development of free trade agreement (FTA) policies adopted by China, Japan, and South Korea with particular interests in…
Summary Safe navigation of the seas is of global importance. Sea lanes provide vital connections for the growth of the global economy and the wellbeing…
Abstract Despite continuing economic liberalization and social integration, relations between Northeast Asian governments are often tense and lead to enhanced military readiness. Alongside confrontation in…
Abstract In 2012, South Korea and Japan came very close to signing a bilateral security agreement that would help to address mutual security threats: China’s…
