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Joint U.S.-Korea Academic Studies 2019

Joint U.S.-Korea Academic Studies 2019
Published: July 2019
Contributors
Aram Hur
Danielle Cohen
Artyom Lukin
Kimberly Kim
Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein
Kaewkamol Pitakdumrongkit
Shihoko Goto
Yoon Yeo-joon
Peter E. Harrell
Gilbert Rozman
John Fitzgerald
Kim Tae-Hwan
Gaye Christoffersen
James D.J. Brown
Brian G. Carlson
Stephen Blank
Robert Sutter
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Gaye Christoffersen
Energy
Russian Federation
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Chinese, Russian, Japanese, and Korean Strategies for Northeast Asian Cross-Border Energy Connectivity

In 2018, research was underway in Northeast Asia on several trilateral and multilateral initiatives for cross-border infrastructure connectivity involving China, Russia, both Koreas, and Japan. Infrastructure included railway lines, cross-border oil and gas pipelines, and power grids. Although most discussions of infrastructure group energy and railroad infrastructure together, energy infrastructure…

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Gilbert Rozman
Foreign Relations
China
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Sharp Power Versus Values Diplomacy in Indo-Pacific

In the Trump era, there has been a surge of interest in the upsurge of sharp power as a disruptive force in international relations and the precipitous decline in the role of diplomacy based on values as an ennobling factor in bilateral and multilateral relations. Geostrategic fears and trade protectionism…

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Gilbert Rozman
Foreign Relations
China
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Chinese Sharp Power and U.S. Values Diplomacy: How Do They Intersect?

An intensifying backlash against Xi Jinping’s makeover of China and Donald Trump’s makeover of the United States has muddied thinking about the national identity struggle recently building between the world’s top two powers. What was heralded as the “China Dream,” benefitting from earlier touting of “harmonious” themes, became tarnished as…

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Kim Tae-Hwan
Foreign Relations
China
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China's Sharp Power and South Korea's Peace Initiative

If we understand geopolitics as “representations of space” as well as “spatial practices,” then the Indo-Pacific region can be understood as a newly emerging geopolitical hotspot in which major powers are not only vying for the control of spaces, but also waging a war of discourse on values and worldviews,…

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John Fitzgerald
Foreign Relations
Australia
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Just a Dash? China’s Sharp Power and Australia’s Value Diplomacy

When supporters of China’s President Xi Jinping point to his many accomplishments they highlight his impressive anti-corruption drive, the end of the one-child family policy, the intensive monitoring of social organizations and citizens, his reorganization of the party and its armed forces, the unilateral occupation and militarization of contested territories…

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Aram Hur
Foreign Relations
Korea, North
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North Korea’s Sharp Power and the Divide Over Korean Identities

This chapter examines the nature and motivations of North Korea’s sharp power toward South Korea. Unlike China or Russia, to secure long-term survival, North Korea ultimately needs cooperation from the rival democracy it seeks to undermine. I argue that this produces a particular North Korean brand of “Trojan horse” sharp…

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