Chinese Views of Korean History in the Cold War Era
This chapter draws a rough sketch of the evolution of Chinese views on Korean history in the Cold War era in three parts. The first…
The Chinese Perception of the U.S.-China-ROK Triangle
Since being applied to U.S.-Soviet-China trilateral relations after the Sino-American rapprochement in the early 1970s, the notion/theory of “strategic triangles” has been widely used to…
Advancing the Regional Trade Order in East Asia with a Less Engaged United States
In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s election and immediate pullout from the TPP, a scramble ensued over how to proceed with constructing a regional trade…
Is the Belt and Road Initiative a Chinese-style Regionalism?
In the last two decades, bilateral and regional trade agreements (RTAs) have been considered a primary force to advance the world trading system because the…
Japan in the Driver’s Seat? Reshaping the Regional Trade Order without the United States
On January 28, 2018 representatives from eleven countries, following the strong leadership of Japan, agreed to a modified version of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). This…
Economic Regionalism is Key to Openness and Growth: An ASEAN Perspective
The 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are involved in several regional economic arrangements, not only their own ASEAN Economic Community…
Re-Energizing Economic Integration between South Asia and East Asia
This chapter focuses on economic integration (linkages) between South Asia and East Asia.2 The topic is important for three reasons. First, South Asia-East Asia (SA-EA)…
Advancing East Asia’s Trade Agenda: A Korean Perspective
According to the WTO, in 2018 there are 459 regional trade agreements, the most in the institution’s recorded history.1 Countries are now more actively engaged…
North Korea’s Strategy in 2018
What does North Korea seek at a time of unprecedented sanctions and pressure against it and suddenly developing opportunity, as South Korea and four great…
North Korea’s Public Relations Strategy, 2018
Tension on the Korean Peninsula had reached a boiling point by the time Kim Jong-un delivered his New Year’s address—a tradition set by his grandfather…