Abstract Territorial sovereignty disputes are taking on increasing importance for South Korea–China relations over the past decade as concerns about regime stability in China and…
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Abstract The ROK-US alliance has warmed up since Lee Myung-bak came to power and has strengthened since the Cheonan and Yeonpyeong Island incidents. The ROK-US…
Abstract Based on an original survey conducted in the summer of 2012 in Beijing, we examine how China’s America watchers—IR scholars who work on US-China…
Abstract In this article I view Asian alliances as a product of universal security needs and culturally constructed variables. While the alliance remains one of…
Abstract As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama boldly promised to enhance US engagement with North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; DPRK). But in his…
Summary This article subjects the notion of the San Francisco system to critical scrutiny. It identifies the origins, evolution, and various meanings attributed to the…
Abstract We examine the implications of increased unconventional crude oil production in North America. This production increase has been made possible by the existence of alternative oil-recovery…
Abstract The three articles that follow use the insights of historical institutionalism to analyze the complex nature of the 1952 San Francisco Peace Treaty and…
Abstract The Obama administration seems to have toned down its rhetoric on Asia-Pacific security, abandoning the fancy but problematic phrase ‘pivot towards Asia’ and replacing…
Abstract Exceptionalist discourse is on the rise in American politics. In an article published in the Atlantic, Terrence McCoy found that the term ‘American exceptionalism’…
Abstract One balmy Washington evening in June 2011, President Barack Obama was set to deliver a highly anticipated address declaring the drawdown of US forces…
Abstract Since the Soviet collapse, Russia has been an issue in every US presidential election campaign. In 2008, Democrats accused the George W. Bush administration…
Abstract During the 2001–2009 period when American foreign policy was internationally unpopular and perceived as unilateral, many states strengthened their security cooperation with the United…
Abstract For the Asia-Pacific region, perhaps the greatest strategic problem of the next two decades is maintaining peace and prosperity while a second great power…
Abstract Once described as ‘as close as lips and teeth’, in recent years the relationship between China and North Korea has become more strained. Beijing…
