Abstract After serving a brief, undistinguished term as Japan’s prime minister in 2006–7, Shinzo Abe seemed destined for the political sidelines. Then, last December, he…
Topic: Foreign Policy
From the Publisher: Despite its impressive size and population, economic vitality, and drive to upgrade its military, China remains a vulnerable nation surrounded by powerful rivals…
Summary From abroad, we often see China as a caricature: a nation of pragmatic plutocrats and ruthlessly dedicated students destined to rule the global economy—or…
Summary As tensions remain on the Korean peninsula, this book looks back on the decade of improved inter-Korean relations and engagement between 1998 and 2008,…
Summary Asian regional integration has shown remarkable progress since the end of the 1990s, but is currently at a major crossroads amid confusion of debate…
Summary This book examines the key motivations for and challenges to greater regional integration in Southeast Asia. It demonstrates how security and economic concerns -domestic,…
Summary This book is the first comprehensive assessment of the linkage between the increasingly important region of Southeast Asia and the theoretical possibilities of the…
Summary Despite flourishing economic interactions and deepening interdependence, the current political and diplomatic relationship between Japan and China remains lukewarm at best. Indeed, bilateral relations…
From the Publisher: Asia is narrated in Japanese foreign policy pronouncements as an opportunity as well as a threat. Despite the purported transformation from militarism to…
Abstract This study proposes a theoretical framework to understand how nations deal with collective memories of perpetration of severe human rights violations, which do not…
Summary As tensions between Japan and China continue to bubble over islands in the East China Sea, scholars from the two countries outline not only…
Abstract East Asian countries have been engaged in disputes over history. While their historical contentions have caused suspicions and frictions among them, I argue that…
Abstract The Korean War is multiple wars. Not only is it a war that began on 25 June 1950, it is also a conflict that…
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to reflect on a particular dimension of the complex issues involving the Comfort Women movement for redress by…
Abstract An exploration of the political psychology of international conflict, this essay suggests the notion of a historically rooted “victim/victor complex” in its interpretation of…
