Abstract To an observer, Japan’s approach to nuclear weapons can appear confused and contradictory. The only country to have been attacked with nuclear weapons is…
Topic: U.S. Foreign Policy
Abstract This paper examines the role of FDI from the United States in the economic performance of East Asian NICs for 1966–2000. To this end,…
Abstract The author reviews recent foreign policy achievements of the U.S. government. Relations with PRC and USSR are seen as having set the stage for…
Abstract The South China Sea has become a focal point for US-China rivalry which makes it such a critical issue today. China’s naval strategy demands…
Summary In recent years, the U.S.–Japan alliance has marked several anniversaries, including 40 years since the 1969 decision on the reversion of Okinawa. These occasions…
Abstract The United States has long maintained a significant political, economic and security presence in the Asia–Pacific region and has been a major factor shaping…
Abstract As the Barack Obama administration moved towards its last year in office, the United States’ relations with ASEAN were ostensibly sound. However, Washington’s future…
Abstract American critics of the Barack Obama administration’s 2011 “pivot to Asia” policy claim that, despite the lofty rhetoric, the United States has pursued an…
Abstract This article examines the role of the United States in Japan’s foreign aid policy. The Japanese government often alters its course of action under…
Abstract President Barack Obama’s mid-November 2012 post-re-election travel to Myanmar, Cambodia, and Thailand, including attendance at the East Asia Summit (EAS) and United States-ASEAN Leaders…
Abstract Why did Japan propose the creation of the Asian Monetary Fund (AMF) that intentionally excluded the United States from membership in the middle of…
Abstract This paper presents two sets of arguments: one theoretical and one analytical. The theoretical arguments concern the relationship between regional ordering and systemic change.…
Abstract Ever since the first Korean war in 1950, scholars and policymakers have been predicting a second one, started by an invasion from the North.…
Abstract International relations theory has difficulty explaining how similar policies produce different outcomes. Iraq and North Korea have been identified as members of the “axis…
Abstract As China invests in its nuclear forces and U.S.-China relations become increasingly strained, questions of U.S. nuclear doctrine require greater attention. The key strategic…
