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.…
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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 U.S. scholars and policymakers commonly worry that a lack of “energy security” hurts U.S. national security, yet few have analyzed the links between states’…
Summary The rise of China as an emerging power and as the most likely challenger to the global preponderance of the US is already having…
Summary This book constitutes an overview of the emerging and deepening relations between India and Central Asia in both the political and economic fields. The…
Abstract The United States needs support from other states to carry out global governance, particularly from rising powers such as China and Russia. Securing cooperation…
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…
Abstract Recent remarks by Taiwan’s President Chen Shui-bian advocating increased sovereignty for Taiwan underscore concern that further efforts to declare formal independence from China could ultimately lead…
Abstract Recent developments in Chinese politics and defense policy indicate that China will soon embark on an ambitious maritime policy that will include construction of…
Abstract In “China’s Naval Nationalism: Sources, Prospects, and the U.S. Response,” Robert Ross seeks to explain why “China will soon embark on a more ambitious maritime…
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…
Summary This book explores Korea’s place in terms of multiple levels and domains of interaction pertaining to foreign-policy behaviors and relations with the four regional/global…
Abstract Robert Ross of Boston College reaches a more optimistic conclusion about the future of East Asian security. He focuses on the role of geography…
Summary An overarching ambiguity characterizes East Asia today. The region has at least a century-long history of internal divisiveness, war, and conflict, and it remains…
