Abstract Alliance coordination involves a multiplicity of equilibria, the resolution of which depends on institutions and knowledge known as focal-point effects. Since the end of…
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Abstract Northeast Asia presents a major theoretical puzzle: the region is rife with security challenges and seems continually poised for horrific military conflicts. Yet, despite…
Abstract The alliance with the United States has not only provided South Korea with a credible military deterrence against North Korea, but also helped normalize…
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 In brute-force struggles for survival, such as the two World Wars, disorganization and divisions within an enemy alliance are to one’s own advantage. However,…
Abstract This paper examines United States (US)-China trade disputes under the World Trade Organization (WTO) and argues that both countries are increasingly resorting to the…
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 Since 1976, the militaries of the United States and South Korea have been holding routine joint military exercises (JMEs) for the purposes of military…
Summary Rudra Chaudhuri’s book examines a series of crises that led to far-reaching changes in India’s approach to the United States, defining the contours of…
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…
Why has the PRC been so determined that Taiwan be part of China? Why, since the 1990s, has Beijing been feverishly developing means to prevail…
Today the most dangerous place on earth is arguably the Taiwan Strait, where a war between the United States and China could erupt out of…
This is a new analysis of the key issues facing Chinese policy makers in their approach towards Taiwan. This is one of the most tense…
Summary Indigenous weakness and eroded U.S. support give Taiwan little choice other than continued accommodation of overwhelming and ever-increasing Chinese leverage. Cross-strait relations continue to…
