Summary Nuclear Logics examines why some states seek nuclear weapons while others renounce them. Looking closely at nine cases in East Asia and the Middle East,…
Country or Region: South Korea
Abstract The Korea–US free trade agreement (KORUS FTA) of 2007 clearly shows how countries simultaneously pursue economic benefits and strategic interests in trade negotiations. This…
Summary Northeast Asia, where the interests of three major nuclear powers and the world’s two largest economies converge around the unstable pivot of the Korean…
Abstract Since the 1990s, Japan and the Republic of Korea have chosen dissimilar policy options with respect to the US-led missile defense (MD) systems in…
Summary What role does identity play in foreign policy? How might identity impact on Japan’s relations with South Korea? This book takes identity theorizing in…
Abstract In this article, I ask what might be the effect of international trade on interstate conflict in Asia and the Pacific. Overall, the associations…
Summary The dynamics of Northeast Asia have traditionally been considered primarily in military and hard security terms or alternatively along their economic dimensions. This book…
Abstract Chinese and Korean protests over “revisionist” Japanese histories of World War II are well known. The impact of contested Chinese and US histories of…
Abstract The recent proliferation of regional trade agreements in the East Asian region can be seen as the most notable development in the region’s trading…
Abstract East Asia has increased its formal institutional linkages in both the economic and security arenas. This article addresses three questions concerning this expansion. First,…
Abstract Since 1976, the militaries of the United States and South Korea have been holding routine joint military exercises (JMEs) for the purposes of military…
From the publisher: The ‘hub-and-spoke’ alliance structure led by the United States was – and remains – a major feature of security politics in the Asia-Pacific.…
From the publisher: Asia has emerged as the global center for energy demand growth and now accounts for more than two-thirds of the worldwide market for…
From the publisher: East Asian governments have long recognized that national security must incorporate a reduction of their vulnerability to the disruption of essential imports. The…
Abstract This report includes the following essays: “East China and Yellow Seas Overview Essay”, “China, South Korea, and the Yellow Sea”, “Dealing with North Korean…
