Abstract A combination of South Korean economic development over time, the rise of a new generation in South Korean politics, and changing inter-Korean relations help…
Topic: Political Economy
Introduction 2006 marked the “Year of Africa” in China’s diplomacy. The highly intensive diplomatic activities that took place were unprecedented both for China’s diplomatic history…
Summary Why would one country impose economic sanctions against another in pursuit of foreign policy objectives? How effective is the use of economic weapons in…
Abstract In June 2001, China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan established the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). While the immediate focus of the organization was…
Summary Coal mining is one of China’s largest industries, and provides an excellent case study through which to consider the broader issues of China’s transition…
Summary This book casts doubt on many prevailing assumptions about the complex relationship between Japan and China. Based on ten years of research in the…
Abstract The global recession has had seemingly conflicting impacts on China’s policy toward Asian regionalism. But China has never viewed regionalism and globalism as mutually…
Summary By most accounts, China has quickly grown into the second largest economy in the world. In this controversial new book, Subramanian argues that China…
Summary The People’s Republic of China once limited its involvement in African affairs to building an occasional railroad or port, supporting African liberation movements, and…
Summary This slender, compact work sets out to assess the differences and convergences between the China policies of the United States and the European Union…
Summary The dynamics of international relations in Asia are undergoing broad and fundamental changes that are reverberating around the world. Primary among the catalysts of…
Summary Every day and everywhere, China figures prominently in global attention: companies and banks weigh billions in investments; hedge fund managers assess and speculate on…
Summary Chinese leaders are pursuing a long-term grand strategy based on maintaining a peaceful international environment that allows China to build the economic and technological…
Abstract Explores the economic development in China as of January 2003. Implications of China’s economic growth for the U.S.; Economic indicators in China that hinder…
Summary Africa has long attracted China. We can date their first certain involvement from the fourteenth century, but East African city-states may have been trading…
