Apr 2, 2012

South Korean National Identity and its Strategic Preferences

By Andrew Kim

Natural disasters are known to draw nations closer together. The 2004 tsunami relief efforts of various states, especially the United States, were widely credited with...

Apr 2, 2012

The Dollar’s Influence in East Asia: Benevolent or Overbearing? A Comparative Answer in the U.S. Economic Aid and the Dollar Standard

By Gloria Koo

There is no doubt that the United States has been a dominant economic power in the world. U.S. troops are deployed in the various corners...

Apr 2, 2012

Another Energy Competition in Northeast Asia Coal Policies of South Korea and Japan in Comparative Perspective

By Eunjung Lim

Northeast Asian countries compete against one another in order to procure natural resources from abroad. Moreover, competition surrounding energy-related technologies is getting overheated in this...

Apr 2, 2012

Agencies, Roles and Their Choices: Reform of the Korean Legal Profession from 1995 to 2007

By Yukyoung Choe

Northeast Asian countries including Japan, Korea, China and Taiwan, have recently considered adopting the U.S.-style legal education as a revolutionary remedy to dissolve chronic problems...

Apr 2, 2012

From “Cardinal Sin” to Policy Agenda? The Role of Capital Controls in Emerging Market Economies

By June Park

Korea’s economic development since the 1980s has occurred in the context of capital controls and a strong governmental role in achieving sustained growth. The experiences...

Apr 2, 2012

Aligned but not Allied: ROK—Japan Bilateral Military Cooperation

By Jiun Bang

Conflict and cooperation are constants in the discipline of international relations. In the case of the Republic of Korea’s (ROK) and Japan’s bilateral military relations,...

Apr 2, 2012

South Korea’s Nuclear Development Assistance in Southeast Asia: The Implications and Challenges of the Security Environment in the 21st Century

By Lisa He

Since the advent of the Nuclear Age, the terrifying prospect of an accidental nuclear explosion raises grave security concerns. This issue remains under-examined in Asia,...

Feb 15, 2012

Russia and the Six-Party Process in Korea

By Stephen Blank

The stagnation of the six-party process has produced great anxiety in Russia over the future of the Korean peninsula. Indeed, in September 2010, even before...

Feb 15, 2012

Japanese Perspectives on the Six-Party Talks and the North Korean Nuclear Crisis

By Michael R. Auslin

Japan has been a core member of the six-party talks from their inception but has pursued its own set of interests that do not always...

Feb 15, 2012

Six-Party Talks and China’s Goldilocks Strategy: Getting North Korea Just Right

By Drew Thompson, Natalie Matthews

China’s ideal outcome for North Korea is a Goldilocks state—one that is not so strong to challenge China or so weak that its implosion threatens...

Feb 15, 2012

South Korea and the Six-Party Talks: The Least Bad Option?

By Charles K. Armstrong

The six-party talks have been hindered by political shifts in the states involved, and especially by changing levels of support for the talks in Washington...

Feb 15, 2012

Estimating the Potential Size of Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation

By Doowon Lee

Even though inter-Korean economic cooperation has been growing steadily for the past two decades, the volume of inter-Korean trade is still small compared to the...