Abstract Similar to his foreign policy and strategic thinking, President Trump’s South China Sea policy features strong uncertainty. The new president is keen on enhancing…
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Abstract This article briefly examines the political and ideological aspects of Western countries’ post-Cold War approach to the world order. The Western triumph in the…
Abstract Since the Tohoku earthquake and Fukushima nuclear accident in March 2011, Japan’s energy policy has undergone great changes, resulting in closer energy cooperation with…
Abstract The China-U.S. relationship is the most important major power relationship in the 21st century. That this relationship can remain strategically stable and embrace further…
Abstract Triangle relationships usually occur between three parties that are neither friends nor allies. The subtle nature of the triangle, wherein change of one pair…
Abstract This article assesses the role of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in China’s maritime affairs. A proper comprehension of Beijing’s civil–military South China Sea…
Abstract In this special section, the present article reviews South Korean perspectives on China’s ‘periphery diplomacy’ with a focus on Chinese behaviour with respect to…
Abstract This article investigates South Korean views on how to deal with the two major security issues regarding North Korea: its nuclear threat and regime…
Abstract In response to the challenge of unstable North Korea (weak economy, weapons of mass destruction [WMD] development), China has followed an engagement-oriented strategy based…
Abstract Over the last 30 years, East Asia has progressed from virtually no intergovernmental arrangement in the 1980s to exclusive financial regionalism supported by strong…
Abstract This paper explores the probable causes and consequences of an Asian Paradox or the highly incongruous structure of Asia within the broader international system:…
Abstract What kind of challenge did a rising Japan in the 1970s and 1980s pose to the United States, and how does that differ from…
Abstract This article examines China’s motivations for trilateral aid cooperation in the context of its seemingly assertive diplomacy in recent years. Previously known for its…
Abstract This paper seeks to understand why the United States treated Japan and Korea differently in the revisions of bilateral nuclear cooperation agreements. On the…
Abstract While the Korea–United States (KORUS) free-trade agreement negotiations were concluded in 2007, and ratified in 2011, the agreement has remained deeply controversial. Labor unions,…
