Abstract This article analyses the problems of comprehensive bilateral security relations between Russia and South Korea. The paper examines how the focus of the regional security cooperation…
Topic: East Asian Security
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 Today, Northeast Asia’s security situation is changing rapidly. North Korea is reviving and China’s power is growing at an alarming rate. While the U.S.…
Abstract During his tenure, President George W. Bush touted the East Asian democratic experience as a positive model for democratization in the Middle East. Contrary…
Abstract Current international opinions differ on what kind of power the newly rising China will become. One important factor to consider when analyzing a potential…
Summary The economic growth of East and South-East Asia in the context of the global financial crisis has strengthened the view that this region is…
Summary This volume brings together the work of ten leading experts on Korean politics to critically analyze the key factors and issues that are shaping…
Abstract This article critically evaluates the basis, aspirations, and prospects for bilateral security cooperation between Japan and South Korea. The assumption that common enemies, friends,…
Abstract Growing tensions between Taipei and Beijing have led many to call for a more formal U.S. commitment to defend Taiwan. Michael O’Hanlon of the…
Abstract How likely is a North Korean invasion of South Korea? And what would be its chances of success? Michael O’Hanlon of the Brookings Institution…
Abstract In North Korea, the upcoming leadership transition in the Kim Jong-il regime will be a precarious time for the Kim family’s hold on power.…
Abstract Since the late 1990s, Japan has sent increasing numbers of its military forces overseas. It has also assumed a more active military role in…
Abstract Japanese leaders struggled for decades to overcome legal, political, and normative constraints on the expansion of the Self-Defense Forces so that Japan could field…
Abstract Robert Ross of Boston College considers the prospects for a U.S.-China war over Taiwan. Ross praises the first Bush administration and the Clinton administration…
Summary North Korea’s foreign relations are a blend of contradiction and complexity. They start from the incongruity between Pyongyang’s highly touted policy of juche, or self-reliance, and North…
