Abstract China’s attitude toward the U.S.-Japan and U.S.-Korea alliances, particularly the former, has drawn a lot of attention in the post–Cold War era. How China…
Country or Region: South Korea
Abstract Visible U.S. efforts to sustain influence in the Asia-Pacific met with mixed success. President Barack Obama’s visit to the region reinforced alliance commitments, but…
Summary Arguing for a strategy that promises to achieve greater regional stability, this overview of security relations in the Asia-Pacific finds that current approaches by…
Abstract This paper explores the voting power of hypothetical regional voting blocs in the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund. We first discuss the…
Summary This Handbook examines the subject of energy security: its definition, dimensions, ways to measure and index it, and the complicating factors that are often…
Abstract Conventional wisdom is that trade policy is often guided by geopolitical security considerations. A growing body of research addresses the security–trade linkage as a…
Abstract Discussions about the requirements for U.S. extended deterrence and assurance are making a comeback. During the Cold War, U.S. analysts focused primarily on Western…
Abstract A nuclear debate has arisen in South Korea following North Korea’s nuclear tests and weapons program. Despite the US extended nuclear deterrence for its…
Abstract Asia is more at risk from disruption of Middle East oil supplies than is either Europe or the United States, yet as a whole…
Summary In March 2012, leaders of many nations from across Asia and the world gathered in Seoul to oppose nuclear dangers. The Nuclear Security Summit…
Abstract India’s lack of a concrete policy towards exploration for mineral resources in high seas and offshore areas has played a role, though to a…
Summary South China Sea Disputes and Law of the Sea explores in great detail the application of specific provisions of UNCLOS and how the framework…
Abstract The Korean government’s engagement in FTAs since the late 1990s has been enthusiastic. As of 2012, the Korean government concluded FTAs with small trading…
Abstract This article explores how the Abe administration might go about improving Japan’s relationship with the South Korean government of President Park Geun-hye. Although bilateral…
Summary Japan and South Korea are Western-style democracies with open-market economies committed to the rule of law. They are also U.S. allies. Yet despite their…
