Abstract The importance of Northeast Asian energy cooperation has been consistently emphasized in recent years to cope with uncertainties in the global energy market and…
Country or Region: South Korea
Summary Changing national identities have transformed the China-Taiwan and Korean conflicts. Democratization in Taiwan and South Korea, and liberalization in China, have forced leaders to…
Abstract This study introduces South Korea’s invaluable experiences of civil-military operations (CMO) carried out in Iraq and Lebanon. South Koreans have approached the concept of…
Abstract The Korean peninsula is crucial to China’s political, economic and security interests because of a combination of geographic, historical, and political circumstances. China’s economic…
Abstract Some Japanese scholars such as Ikegami Masako suggest that the Dokdo issue can and should be resolved using a liberalist approach. This approach, however,…
Abstract A peace regime in the Korean peninsula has been a largely unfamiliar issue among U.S. policy makers until recently. Remarks on a Korean peace…
Summary In 2002, North Korea precipitated a major international crisis when it revealed the existence of a secret nuclear weapons program and announced its withdrawal…
Abstract The summit meeting between the two Korean heads of state, which took place in Pyongyang in June 2000, constitutes a major turning point in…
Abstract In the post‐cold war period, the security situation in the Asia‐Pacific region and in Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia is undergoing a transformation with…
Abstract Northeast Asia is a nuclear tinderbox that could easily be set off, given rising regional tensions, widespread nuclear power capabilities, and the absence of…
Abstract This article examines South Korea’s role in Northeast Asian security under President Roh Moo-hyun by analyzing the background and initial outcomes of the “peace and prosperity” policy. Roh’s…
Summary Nearly half a century after the fighting stopped, the 1953 Armistice has yet to be replaced with a peace treaty formally ending the Korean…
Summary China and South Korea have come a long way since they were adversaries. The arc of their relationship since the late 1970s is an…
Summary US relations with North and South Korea have been characterized by profound asymmetries of power and perception which in recent years have led to…
Summary Since its partition in the 1950s, the Korean peninsula has directly or indirectly shaped the broader security relations between regional powerhouses, and the recent…
