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…
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Abstract China with two Koreas constitutes a Regional Security Complex located in the Northeastern part of the Asian continent. Rebalance toward the Asia—Pacific region is…
Abstract This paper explores the strategic implications of the KORUS FTA. Despite their strained relationship, the US chose Korea as its second FTA partner in…
Abstract The Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA) is not likely to have quite the far-reaching impact on the Korean financial market as it is…
Abstract South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and U.S. President George W. Bush had a first summit meeting on April 19, 2008 at Camp David and…
Abstract This paper analyzes how financial crises were managed by the governments of two countries: the United States and South Korea. The financial crises in…
Abstract South Korean President Park Geun-hye has pledged to respond decisively to any future North Korean provocation. A strike against South Korean maritime targets in…
Abstract North Korea’s provocative behavior led to a toughening of U.S. and South Korean policy toward Pyongyang and drove a stake through the heart of…
Abstract The post-Cold War US-South Korea alliance has been publicly pronounced as having become less cohesive over time. How can we prove this change of…
Abstract The events of 9/11 provided the critical momentum for the U.S. to believe that the source and type of threats it faces have fundamentally…
Abstract This essay seeks to spell out the lessons from East Europe, the former USSR, and China that may be relevant to North Korea-lessons that…
Abstract This article is a comparative review of longstanding failures regarding the siting of nuclear waste disposal facilities in South Korea and in the United…
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 The U.S. economic sanctions against North Korea began on June 28, 1950, when the U.S. invoked a total embargo on exports to North Korea…
Abstract In conducting research, international relations scholars typically seek to confirm their empirical expectations (or hypotheses). This paper adopts the opposite approach, focusing on the…
