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Navigating the Indo-Pacific: Vietnam's Hedging Strategies Amid the Geopolitical Rivalry Between China and the United States Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Xiangning Wu, Joseph Ching Velasco
Abstract: Vietnam has implemented hedging strategies in response to the geopolitical rivalry between China and the United States in the Indo-Pacific region. While the uncertainty from the dynamics of the Sino–US rivalry has been widely acknowledged, we examine how Vietnam's hedging strategy is also calibrated toward ongoing domestic political developments. We argue that while the international environment
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Rebooting Tourism in Vietnam: The Ho Tram Strip Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 John Hutnyk
Abstract: Over many years, the Government of Vietnam made various statements on the importance of sustainability and tourism sector growth. Corporate tourism developers quickly followed suit with similar rhetoric, as did some sociological scholarship—at times promoting tourism uncritically and sometimes critiquing it unapologetically. This article is based on ethnographic observations of casino tourism
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Ethnic Return Migrants in Korea and Japan: A Comparative Study of Nationalism and Citizenship Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Zeljana Zmire
Abstract: This study explores the complicated nature of the citizenship of ethnic return migrants from Japan and Korea, Nikkeijin and Joseonjok. It aims to contribute to the scholarship by demonstrating that racism and nationalism are layered concepts by examining the reasons why Nikkeijin and Joseonjok enjoy preferential treatment to some extent but at the same time become targets of discrimination
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Counter-Hegemonic Resistance and Framing of the Anti–KORUS FTA Protests in South Korea Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Shin Ae Hong
Abstract: This study analyzes the framing of protests against the Korea–United States Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA), arguably one of the most significant and contentious contemporary movement events that occurred in South Korea. The anti-KORUS FTA protests have drawn the largest public, committed to challenging the hegemonic rhetoric of the Korean government's neoliberal policy initiatives, by asserting
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Accountability for Human Rights Crimes in North Korea: Jurisdictional Dilemmas in South Korea Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2023-08-28 Stephan Sonnenberg, Patricia Goedde
Abstract: This article explores how claims alleging serious human rights violations or breaches of international criminal law that occurred in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea) might unfold in the courts of the Republic of Korea (ROK or South Korea) under various differing jurisdictional theories. South Korea has legislation allowing for the exercise of universal jurisdiction
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The Rise of Ethnic Nationalism in South Korea: Moon's North Korea Policy and Inter-Korean Relations Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2023-05-23 Dong-ho Han, Yeowon Lim
Abstract: What is the origin of South Korea's North Korea policy under the Moon Jae-in presidency? Are there any underlying assumptions and perspectives behind this policy? What kind of ideas and values have played out in South Korea's policy toward North Korea? By both exploring the idea of nationalism in current world politics and showing its influence on South Korea's policy discourse and orientation
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Institutional Dilemma: Quad and ASEAN in the Indo-Pacific Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2023-02-15 Kei Koga
Abstract: How is the future of the Indo-Pacific institutional arrangements envisioned by the Quad and ASEAN? Are they mutually exclusive or compatible? How can the institutional competition between the Quad and ASEAN in the Indo-Pacific be avoided? I argue that the institutional competition between the Quad and ASEAN can be provisionally alleviated through strategic ambiguities about the institutional
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Bilateral Alliances in an Interconnected Cyber World: Cyber Deterrence and Operational Control in the US Indo-Pacific Strategy Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2023-02-15 James E. Platte
Abstract: During the Cold War, US extended deterrence commitments mostly focused on deterring nuclear or strategic conventional attacks against allies in Europe and Asia. In the decades following the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s, the emergence of new technologies and domains for conflict, particularly the cyber domain, prompted new thinking for alliance management and extended deterrence
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A Two-level Game Approach to Hanoi's Foreign Policy Proactivism Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2023-02-15 Vu Thi Thu Ngan, Le Dinh Tinh
Abstract: In this article we elucidate the evolution of Hanoi’s foreign policy proactivism which has been understudied in the contemporary literature. In selective areas, why has Vietnam adopted a more proactive foreign policy than before? By means of ‘two-level game’ theory, official documents and research papers, and expert interviews, we analyze the foreign policy of Vietnam and compare it with
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Measuring North Korean Marketization: An Index Approach Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2022-03-01 Seungho Jung,Moon-Soo Yang,Byung-Yeon Kim
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Democracy and South Korea's Lemon Presidency Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2022-03-01 Seung-Whan Choi
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Envisioning Regional Order: Inter-Korean Relations and Varieties of Regionalism in South Korea Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2022-03-01 Il Hyun Cho
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The Role of Mongolia in Multilateral Security Cooperation in Twenty-First Century Northeast Asia: Relevance of the 'Ulaanbaatar Dialogue (UBD)' Initiative Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2022-03-01 Jaehyuk Jang,Kisun Kim
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China-Japan Rivalry and Southeast Asian Renewable Energy Development: Who Is Winning What in Indonesia? Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Guanie Lim
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A Persistent Fossil Fuel Agenda? Japan’s Overseas Energy Development in Southeast Asia Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Margaret M. Jackson
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Ten Years after the Meltdown: Nuclear Power and Nuclear Weapons Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Peter Van Ness
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News Media Effects on Political Institutional and System Trust: The Moderating Role of Political Values Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Xiaoxiao Meng,Shuhua Zhou
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The Roundabout Outcomes of the Soviet-Afghan War Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Ofer Israeli
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National Pride and Political Participation: The Case of South Korea Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Gidong Kim,Jae Mook Lee
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The Trump Administration's Policy Changes on China and Their Destructive Ramifications for US-China Relations Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Zhu Feng
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US-China Relations and Remaking Global Governance: From Stalemate and Progress to Crisis to Resolutions Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Gregory T. Chin
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Non-Traditional Security and China-US Relations Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Zha Daojiong
This essay discusses setbacks to societal level of interactions between the United States and China resulting from the Trump administration–s turn to comprehensive confrontation Bilateral cooperation in areas like public health, technology trade and development, law enforcement, and trade in food and energy has been severely curtailed Future efforts to repair damage to bilateral relations will have
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The Crisis in US-China Bilateral Security Relations Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Christopher Yung
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Connecting Northeast Asia: Renewable Energy and Prospects for Cooperation Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Cesare M. Scartozzi,Roberto Orsi,Maximilian Ernst,Henry Martin
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Russian Strategic Communications toward Japan: A More Benign Model of Influence? Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 James D. J. Brown
Abstract:Russia has been accused of weaponizing information to exert influence over the political systems and publics of countries in Europe and North America. However, is Moscow engaged in comparable activities in Japan? Given Japan's status as the United States' main ally in East Asia and the history of Soviet influence operations in the country, Japan is a logic target. Yet, to date, no detailed
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US-China Higher Education Links in Crisis: Behind the Curtain of Suspicion Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Madelyn Ross
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The Twin Chessboards of US-China Rivalry: Impact on the Geostrategic Supply and Demand in Post-Pandemic Asia Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Cheng-Chwee Kuik
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Explaining Indonesia’s Constrained Engagement with the Belt and Road Initiative: Balancing Developmentalism against Nationalism and Islamism Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Ardhitya Eduard Yeremia
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Realism and Idealism in Ancient India and Today's World Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Walter C. Clemens
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Problems and Benefits of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) for Local People in Pakistan: A Critical Review Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Shakir Ullah,Usman Khan,Khalil Ur Rahman,Aman Ullah
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Regional Communicative Dynamics and International Relations in the Asia-Pacific Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Chiyuki Aoi,Yee-Kuang Heng
Abstract:Asian states are increasingly finding strategic communications to be an important tool of foreign and defense policy. Strategic communications involve coordinated messaging to achieve political objectives, utilizing words, actions, images, and various forms of signaling or symbols with the intention of influencing or persuading the target audiences. Such purposeful, coordinated, and targeted
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The Risks to Latin America from the Breakdown of US-China Relations Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Claudia Trevisan
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US-China Geoeconomic Tensions: Implications for the African Continental Free Trade Area Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Garth L. le Pere
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The Economic Security Dilemma in US-China Relations Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 David J. Bulman
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Understanding Success and Failure in Establishing New Multilateral Development Banks: The SCO Development Bank, the NDB, and the AIIB Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Bas Hooijmaaijers
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Asia's Democracy Puzzle: Five Uneasy Pieces Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Karl D. Jackson,Giovanna Maria Dora Dore
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India’s Economic Relevance in the Indo-Pacific Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Amita Batra
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North Korean “Independence” in Unification Policy and Sino-North Korean Relations, 1955–1966 Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Jein Do
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Traversing the Migrant Corridor: Singapore’s First Ambassadors to Thailand, 1965–1990 Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Ying-kit Chan
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Subaltern South Korea's Anti-Communist Asian Cooperation in the Mid-1950s Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Joonseok Yang,Young Chul Cho
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Beyond Sham: The North Korean Constitution Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Patricia Goedde
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US-China Higher Education Links in Crisis: Behind the Curtain of Suspicion Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Madelyn Ross
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The Twin Chessboards of US-China Rivalry: Impact on the Geostrategic Supply and Demand in Post-Pandemic Asia Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Cheng-Chwee Kuik
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The Crisis in US-China Bilateral Security Relations Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Christopher Yung
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The Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage in Disputed Maritime Areas: A Case Study of the South China Sea Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Hui Zhong
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The Political Dynamics of South Korea’s Human Capital Development Strategy Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Jiyeoun Song
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Decolonizing Japan–South Korea Relations: Hegemony, the Cold War, and the Subaltern State Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Boyu Chen
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Introduction: The Cold War and Decolonization in East Asia Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Chih-yu Shih,Tze-ki Hon,Hok Yin Chan
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A Look at Korean Historical Drama: Cultural Negotiation of Cold War Influence on Notions of Development in the Philippines Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Tina S. Clemente
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The Rise and Fall of the US-China Health Relationship Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Deborah Seligsohn
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Non-Traditional Security and China-US Relations Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Zha Daojiong
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The Economic Security Dilemma in US-China Relations Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 David J. Bulman
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The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Estrangement of US-China Relations Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Dali L. Yang
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The State After Neoliberalism: A Neo-Gramscian Perspective on South Korea's Economic Reforms 1997–1998 Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Shinae Hong
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Northeast Asian Regional Integration and the East Asian Community Making Process Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Serafettin Yilmaz (Shifan Yao),Lyu Mengdi
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The Human Security Implications of the Fourth Industrial Revolution in East Asia Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Changrok Soh,Daniel Connolly
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Capturing Power Shift in East Asia: Toward an Analytical Framework for Understanding “Soft Power” Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Mikael Weissmann
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To Build the World Anew: Decolonization and Cold War in Indonesia Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Shofwan Al Banna Choiruzzad
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Indigenizing the Cold War in Malaysia and Singapore: Interethnic Decolonization, Developmental Syntheses and the Quest for Sovereignty Asian Perspective (IF 0.774) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Alan Chong