Abstract For several years after the financial crisis, Korea was quite an active participant in the ASEAN+3 process, leading the discussions on East Asian economic…
Country or Region: South Korea
Abstract The US has the world’s largest domestic market, and in fact has been most important economic partner for Korea. The conclusion of the Korea-US…
Abstract This paper is aimed at probing the effects of economic reform on the center-periphery relations in a society under massive transformations. In doing so,…
Abstract In order to have a chance at success, counterinsurgency (COIN) requires multinational coalition forces to cooperate; and thus, the matter of command and control…
Abstract This paper explores new patterns, from the perspective of colonial history and international politics, which might have been overlooked in previous studies of Dokdo,…
Abstract Despite conventional assumptions, a different pattern of alliances and incompatible political ideologies, Iran has been among the few countries in the world that has…
Summary With particular focus on the Asia-Pacific region, this book examines the rise and fall of sea powers. In the Asia-Pacific region there has been significant…
Abstract Over the last few years the institutionalization of the ASEAN Plus Three (APT) process has started to take shape. Government leaders, ministers, and senior…
Abstract Comparing the West European and East Asian regional experience prima vista does not seem to offer much novelty value. The outcome of such comparative…
Abstract It is increasingly clear in the post-Cold War period that the Asia-Pacfic region needs security structures with which to manage developing regional tensions. The…
Summary This book explores the three most prominent island disputes in East Asia: the Dokdo/Takeshima, the Senkaku/Diaoyu, and the Paracel and Spratly disputes. These island…
Abstract Following a historical commitment to multilateralism, in the last decade the trade policy initiatives of many states in the Asia-Pacific have turned to bilateralism…
Abstract In recent years, efforts to institutionalise resource security cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region have intensified. Soaring world prices for minerals and energy have seen…
Abstract In this issue of The Journal of Strategic Studies, we join the debate over the role that seapower plays in the current re-shaping of…
Abstract The new government led by President Park Geun-hye faced challenges that the previous government had largely failed to address: rising income disparity, stagnant growth,…
