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South Korea’s Fragmented Aid Structure from the 1960s to Early 1990s: Analysis Through Path Dependence East Asia Pub Date : 2023-11-01 Hyomin Jung
The study aims to clarify how and why South Korea initiated and maintained a fragmented aid structure, even though discussions about integration existed before the establishment of its aid institutions. The research utilises a path dependence framework for its analysis. This analysis reveals that discussions concerning the fragmented structure of South Korean aid began in the 1960s and ultimately led
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How Do Women “Shine?” Exploring Professional Women’s Perceptions of “Women’s Advancement” in Japan East Asia Pub Date : 2023-07-22 Aki Iida
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Multilateral Development Banks as Agents of Connectivity: the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) East Asia Pub Date : 2023-05-22 Katja Creutz
The article explores connectivity from the prism of multilateral development banks. It recognises that theorising on connectivity is increasing, but as connectivity agency is less addressed, it aims to contribute to discussions on who the agents of connectivity are and how they contribute thereto. By analysing the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Asian Infrastructure Bank (AIIB) respectively, the
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Japan’s Advocacy for Human Security in Global Politics: Case Study of Japan’s Grant Assistance for Grass-Roots Human Security Projects (GGP) in the State of Sabah, Malaysia, 2000–2021 East Asia Pub Date : 2023-02-10 Ramli Dollah, Diana Peters, Wan Shawaluddin Wan Hassan, Marja Azlima Omar, Md Saffie Abdul Rahim, Adi Jafar
After World War II, Japan became a major recipient of foreign aid from the USA. As Japan’s economy improved in the 1960s, it played a significant role as a global aid donor in world politics through its Official Development Assistance (ODA). This commitment continued into the 1990s when Japan, as one of the leading proponents of the concept of human security, began providing humanitarian aid to more
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War Memories and Japan’s Security Culture in the Context of the Security Bills: Survey Study East Asia Pub Date : 2022-08-19 Satoshi Machida
The Japanese government led by Shinzo Abe passed the Security Bills in 2015. The passage of these bills drastically changed Japan’s passive stance in the security arena. Utilizing the context surrounding the Security Bills in Japan, the present research examines Japanese citizens’ attitudes and behavior toward security issues. In addressing this matter, this study focuses on the roles of war memories
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Japan’s Official Development Assistance in the 2010s: a Return to Economic Infrastructure and Private Sectors East Asia Pub Date : 2022-08-18 Hyomin Jung
Japanese aid has been continuously criticized as its modalities are focused on economic infrastructure via loans. However, support for economic growth and infrastructure has become more important due to the growing influence of recipient needs and emerging donors. Accordingly, Japan’s perception and implementation of its aid in the changing international regime in the 2010s are a salient factor. This
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Creative Approach to Development: Leveraging the Sino-African Belt and Road Initiatives to Boost Africa’s Cultural and Creative Industries for Africa’s Development East Asia Pub Date : 2022-05-31 Emmanuel Chidiebere Edeh, Cang Cong Zhao, Adekunle Osidipe, Shi Zhou Lou
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Perks and Perils of Strategic Choice: South Korea’s Iran Policy Under Moon Jae-in East Asia Pub Date : 2022-04-28 Shirzad Azad
After some two decades of growing partnership between Seoul and Tehran, South Korea’s bilateral relationship with Iran reached a bottom of absolute gloom under the leadership of Moon Jae-in. Most of his presidency coincided with the administration of Donald Trump who followed a relatively contrasting approach toward the North Korean and Iranian nuclear issues. Washington’s Pyongyang and Tehran policies
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Big Business Capital Expansion and the Shift of Indonesia’s Global Economic Policy Outlook East Asia Pub Date : 2022-02-04 Faris Al-Fadhat
This paper aims to examine the recent international capital expansion of Indonesian business groups, which has received little attention by existing literatures. The article looks at the geo-political and economic conditions benefited their capital expansion across the region and how such internationalisation process has substantial impacts toward Indonesia’s global economic outlook. This research
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Narrating the South Pacific in and Beyond Great Power Politics East Asia Pub Date : 2022-01-30 Chengxin Pan, Matthew Clarke
Once considered a bunch of “small islands in a far sea” by outside powers, the South Pacific now looms increasingly large on the global geopolitical landscape, attracting the strategic attention of an array of great powers. This has prompted many scholars and commentators to focus on the rise of great power rivalry in the region. Yet, with few exceptions, the existing literature has paid little attention
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Toxic Masculinity in Singapore: National Service, Sexual Harassment, and the #MeToo Movement East Asia Pub Date : 2021-11-20 Chan, Ying-kit
The #MeToo Movement, which originated in the USA against sexual harassment and violence, has caught on in Singapore. This article suggests that the recent debate on toxic masculinity in the country, brought to public attention in a speech by Corinna Lim, chief of the Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE), is an extension of the #MeToo Movement. The debate on toxic masculinity has largely
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One More Way for Understanding US-North Korea Enmity and the Possibilities Under the Biden Administration East Asia Pub Date : 2021-11-05 Anh, Nguyen Ngoc, Hanh, Nguyen Thi Hong
In this essay, we attempt to use Alexander Wendt’s Hobbesian culture hypothesis to examine three aspects of US-North Korea relationship: (i) what kind of relationship it has belonged to, (ii) why it has not changed for over past 70 years, and (iii) what possible relationship between the USA and North Korea will be under the Biden Administration. The results show that Hobbesian culture has been dominating
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Decoding Vietnam’s Multilateral Diplomacy East Asia Pub Date : 2021-09-24 Ha, Anh Tuan, Le, Hai Binh
This article explains Vietnam’s recent proactive approach to multilateral diplomacy, defined as diplomatic performance in multilateral institutions. It argues that Hanoi’s embrace of multilateral diplomacy is best explained through the lens of national interests. Vietnam has consistently placed its foreign policy in the broader dynamics of international politics. Since Ho Chi Minh, the founding father
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Seojeon Byungwon, Jutlandia, and NORMASH: UN’s Scandinavian Allies at the Korean War and Beyond (1950s–1960s) East Asia Pub Date : 2021-09-01 Kim, David W., Yang, Heung-Sook
The Korean War (1950–1953) was one of the most calamitous and brutal wars in modern history. It was fought by the post-colonial people of the peninsula, and it culminated in the creation of two ideologically opposed states, but the three years’ military clash in East Asia (or the Far East) is often labelled simply as a “Forgotten War” in the West including North America. The ensuing ethnic division
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The Economic Integration Between North and South Korea: Lessons from German Reunification and European Integration East Asia Pub Date : 2021-03-17 Sung-jo Cho, Lieven De Moor
As the possibility of North Korean regime collapse has been raised and the economic gap between North and South Korea has been increasing, temporary separate operation has emerged as a way of economic integration of North and South Korea. Its main idea is that even if political integration is achieved rapidly, economic integration should proceed over time. It is generally accepted that temporary separate
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A Cohort Analysis on the Career Life Cycles of Players of the LPGA of Japan Tour East Asia Pub Date : 2021-01-25 Eui Hang Shin
The purpose of this study is to investigate the patterns of professional career paths of the players of the Ladies Professional Golf Association of Japan (JLPGA) Tour. Using the athletes’ professional career life cycle model as the theoretical framework, this study will analyze the career development of elite players of the JLPGA from their rookie year to the point of retirement. The year of each JLPGA
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Abe Isoo and His 1905 US Baseball Tour: Japan’s First Overseas School Excursion for a Sporting Competition East Asia Pub Date : 2021-01-19 Masako Gavin
On 4 April 1905, during the Russo-Japanese War, Abe Isoo (1865–1949), the father of baseball in Japan, Christian intellectual, and professor of economics and political science at Waseda University, took his baseball players to the USA to play against American students and local players in California. Amidst the war and growing anti-Japanese sentiment in California, Abe realized his decade-long dream
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Contextualisation of Human (In)security at the Sarawak-West Kalimantan Borderland East Asia Pub Date : 2021-01-16 Shafina Tantiana Bt Zulkipli, Kamarulzaman Askandar
Borderland areas separating the state of Sarawak (Malaysia) and West Kalimantan (Indonesia) have long been a security concern for the Sarawak State Government. In general, such areas emerge as cross-border crime scenes, where many cases are constantly reported to the relevant security authorities. Despite the perseverance of Malaysia in enhancing border security, particularly that of the Sarawak state
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Gender, Transnational Migration, and Athletic Career Development: the Case of Korean Players on the LPGA of Japan Tour East Asia Pub Date : 2021-01-09 Eui Hang Shin
Ku Ok-hee became the first ever Korean female golfer to win a tournament on the LPGA of Japan Tour (JLPGA Tour) by her victory in the Kibun Ladies Classic on March 31, 1985. Since then, Korean players as a group have amassed 228 victories on the JLPGA Tour by the end of the 2019 season. Although this has been a truly remarkable accomplishment in the history of international sports, no systematic investigation
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Soviet Koreans and Far Eastern NKVD in the 1930s East Asia Pub Date : 2020-10-05 Alexander Kim, Mariia Surzhik, Aleksei Mamychev
The period of 1930s in Soviet history is one from the most discussed in the contemporary Russian historiography. Therefore, Russian and foreign specialists conduct a large number of studies on this topic, and process archive data in order to search for new information. Their attitude towards repression is not unambiguous. Despite the large number of publications on this topic, there are still some
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Human Security and Development at the Border: the Case of Ba’kelalan, Sarawak, Malaysia East Asia Pub Date : 2020-07-09 Yusten Karulus,Kamarulzaman Askandar
This study examines the causal relationship between development and human security at the border. In Malaysia, among the main goals in implementing development policies include ensuring prosperity as well as human security of its citizens. However, the effectiveness of these policies, particularly in the context of border communities living in the interior, is largely unknown. Accordingly, research
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Human Security and Development at the Border: the Case of Ba’kelalan, Sarawak, Malaysia East Asia Pub Date : 2020-07-09 Yusten Karulus, Kamarulzaman Askandar
This study examines the causal relationship between development and human security at the border. In Malaysia, among the main goals in implementing development policies include ensuring prosperity as well as human security of its citizens. However, the effectiveness of these policies, particularly in the context of border communities living in the interior, is largely unknown. Accordingly, research
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Making Neutrality Credibly Work: The NNSC on the Korean Peninsula East Asia Pub Date : 2020-07-02 Kil Joo Ban
Neutrality is intended to guarantee national security, promote peace, and maximize national interest. The Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission (NNSC) was established in 1953 after the Korean War and was intended to maintain armistice and promote peace on the Korean Peninsula. The NNSC contributed to making the Peninsula more stable. The neutral powers of Switzerland and Sweden, two members designated
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Making Neutrality Credibly Work: The NNSC on the Korean Peninsula East Asia Pub Date : 2020-07-02 Kil Joo Ban
Neutrality is intended to guarantee national security, promote peace, and maximize national interest. The Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission (NNSC) was established in 1953 after the Korean War and was intended to maintain armistice and promote peace on the Korean Peninsula. The NNSC contributed to making the Peninsula more stable. The neutral powers of Switzerland and Sweden, two members designated
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North Korean Nuclear Learning Under the Essentials of Nuclear Revolution: Cooperative Mechanics for Stabilizing the Korean Peninsula East Asia Pub Date : 2020-06-26 Zafar Khan
This paper attempts to answer an overarching question: how the meaning of nuclear revolution can be applicable in the Korean Peninsula and if the theory of nuclear revolution has changed the overall dynamics of warfare between the US–Republic of Korea (ROK) and North Korea? In finding an answer to this key question, this article conceptualizes the North Korean nuclear learning under the essentials
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North Korean Nuclear Learning Under the Essentials of Nuclear Revolution: Cooperative Mechanics for Stabilizing the Korean Peninsula East Asia Pub Date : 2020-06-26 Zafar Khan
This paper attempts to answer an overarching question: how the meaning of nuclear revolution can be applicable in the Korean Peninsula and if the theory of nuclear revolution has changed the overall dynamics of warfare between the US–Republic of Korea (ROK) and North Korea? In finding an answer to this key question, this article conceptualizes the North Korean nuclear learning under the essentials
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Thai Nation-Building: Assimilating Upcountry Peasantry to Develop Security East Asia Pub Date : 2020-06-25 Paul T. Carter
Nations around the world continue to grapple with the role and status of minority or rural populations within their borders. Thailand’s experience in assimilating rural populations outside of the state structure may provide some lessons-learned on assimilation techniques that benefit both the minority populations and nation–state. In the post-World War Two period leading up to, and through, the Second
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Thai Nation-Building: Assimilating Upcountry Peasantry to Develop Security East Asia Pub Date : 2020-06-25 Paul T. Carter
Nations around the world continue to grapple with the role and status of minority or rural populations within their borders. Thailand’s experience in assimilating rural populations outside of the state structure may provide some lessons-learned on assimilation techniques that benefit both the minority populations and nation–state. In the post-World War Two period leading up to, and through, the Second
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Direct and Simultaneous Regional Head Election in Indonesia with Government Efforts to Build a Balance of Political and Managerial Approaches East Asia Pub Date : 2020-06-20 Akmal Malik,Bambang Supriyono,null Hermawan,Leli Indah Mindarti
This study aims to implement government efforts in direct and simultaneous regional head elections by building a balance between politics and managerial in Indonesia. The case studies in this study used direct and simultaneous elections in 2015, 2017, and 2018. Direct and simultaneous regional elections in 2015, 2017, and 2018 were the population in this study, while samples were obtained from primary
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Direct and Simultaneous Regional Head Election in Indonesia with Government Efforts to Build a Balance of Political and Managerial Approaches East Asia Pub Date : 2020-06-20 Akmal Malik, Bambang Supriyono, Hermawan, Leli Indah Mindarti
This study aims to implement government efforts in direct and simultaneous regional head elections by building a balance between politics and managerial in Indonesia. The case studies in this study used direct and simultaneous elections in 2015, 2017, and 2018. Direct and simultaneous regional elections in 2015, 2017, and 2018 were the population in this study, while samples were obtained from primary
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Celebrification of Politics: Understanding Migration of Celebrities into Politics Celebrification of Celebrity Politicians in the Emerging Democracy of Indonesia East Asia Pub Date : 2020-03-17 Nyarwi Ahmad
This work proposes a theory of ‘celebritisation of politics’. It assumes that celebritisation of politics takes shape once politics and political affairs are celebritised. It argues that in democratic countries, not merely individual celebrity turns into politician (celebrification of celebrity -politician), but also individual politician transmutes into celebrity (celebrification of celebrity- politician)
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Celebrification of Politics: Understanding Migration of Celebrities into Politics Celebrification of Celebrity Politicians in the Emerging Democracy of Indonesia East Asia Pub Date : 2020-03-01 Nyarwi Ahmad
This work proposes a theory of ‘celebritisation of politics’. It assumes that celebritisation of politics takes shape once politics and political affairs are celebritised. It argues that in democratic countries, not merely individual celebrity turns into politician (celebrification of celebrity -politician), but also individual politician transmutes into celebrity (celebrification of celebrity- politician)
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The Trap of an Official Apology: the Power of Civil Society in Promoting Reconciliation East Asia Pub Date : 2020-02-20 Claudia Astarita
More than 70 years after the end of the Second World War, warring nations have not completely achieved true reconciliation. For decades, official state-sanctioned apologies have been considered a useful tool to help rebuild broken international bonds, but their effectiveness in fostering national reconciliation remains debatable. On the contrary, more and more studies seem confirming civil society’s
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The Trap of an Official Apology: the Power of Civil Society in Promoting Reconciliation East Asia Pub Date : 2020-02-20 Claudia Astarita
More than 70 years after the end of the Second World War, warring nations have not completely achieved true reconciliation. For decades, official state-sanctioned apologies have been considered a useful tool to help rebuild broken international bonds, but their effectiveness in fostering national reconciliation remains debatable. On the contrary, more and more studies seem confirming civil society’s
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Islamic Leadership, Innovation, Competitive Advantages, and Performance of SMEs in Indonesia East Asia Pub Date : 2019-11-25 Ilyas Husti,Mahyarni Mahyarni
Investigate the relationship between Islamic leadership, innovation, competitive advantages, and performance of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Indonesia, especially investigate the mediation effect of innovation and competitive advantage in the relationship between Islam leadership and the performance of SMEs. The focus of this study is the SME (small and medium entrepreneurs) of typical
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Islamic Leadership, Innovation, Competitive Advantages, and Performance of SMEs in Indonesia East Asia Pub Date : 2019-11-25 Ilyas Husti, Mahyarni Mahyarni
Investigate the relationship between Islamic leadership, innovation, competitive advantages, and performance of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Indonesia, especially investigate the mediation effect of innovation and competitive advantage in the relationship between Islam leadership and the performance of SMEs. The focus of this study is the SME (small and medium entrepreneurs) of typical
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Revisiting Industrial Unionism in Korea in the Wake of the 1997 Financial Crisis: Neoliberal Rhetoric, Bargaining (De)centralization and the State East Asia Pub Date : 2019-06-22 Taekyoon Lim
This paper revisits the rise of industrial unionism in Korea in the wake of the 1997 financial crisis at the turn of the twenty-first century. By closely investigating the reorganization of labour unionism in the context of neoliberalization, it challenges the alleged converging impact of neoliberal rhetoric or hegemony on industrial relations. To this end, this paper raises following substantive questions:
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Revisiting Industrial Unionism in Korea in the Wake of the 1997 Financial Crisis: Neoliberal Rhetoric, Bargaining (De)centralization and the State East Asia Pub Date : 2019-06-01 Taekyoon Lim
This paper revisits the rise of industrial unionism in Korea in the wake of the 1997 financial crisis at the turn of the twenty-first century. By closely investigating the reorganization of labour unionism in the context of neoliberalization, it challenges the alleged converging impact of neoliberal rhetoric or hegemony on industrial relations. To this end, this paper raises following substantive questions:
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King Chulalongkorn as Builder of Incipient Siamese Nation-State East Asia Pub Date : 2019-04-22 Michael S. H. Heng
In his long reign, King Chulalongkorn displayed deep wisdom and political acumen in laying down the foundation of the Siamese nation-state. He continued the project of his father in modernizing Siamese state and society. In the early period of his reign, his efforts were opposed by conservative forces and vested interested, but he bid his time and pressed on when situation improved. With a weak military
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Politicising the Manhwa Representations of the Comfort Women: with an Emphasis on the Angoulême International Festival Controversy East Asia Pub Date : 2019-04-11 JeongWon Bourdais Park
This article discusses the nexus between comics, collective historical memory and politics in the context of the contemporary relationship between Japan and South Korea by examining the graphic manhwa narratives dealing with the memories of comfort women that were exhibited during the Angoulême Comics Festival in France in early 2014. With a theme of ‘memories of war and gendered violence’, commemorating
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Recent Trends in Political Extremism in Japan: a Decline in Physical Violence and a Rise in “Extremism by Other Means” East Asia Pub Date : 2019-03-29 Daiki Shibuichi
This article observes that the cycle of violent political extremism that began in Japan’s postwar period did not last long beyond the mid-1990s. In view of the situation, this article intends to (1) give an overview of the issue, (2) discuss why the frequency and degree of political violence declined, and (3) investigate current trends in Japanese political extremism, as it still appears to exist if
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Recent Trends in Political Extremism in Japan: a Decline in Physical Violence and a Rise in “Extremism by Other Means” East Asia Pub Date : 2019-03-01 Daiki Shibuichi
This article observes that the cycle of violent political extremism that began in Japan’s postwar period did not last long beyond the mid-1990s. In view of the situation, this article intends to (1) give an overview of the issue, (2) discuss why the frequency and degree of political violence declined, and (3) investigate current trends in Japanese political extremism, as it still appears to exist if
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King Chulalongkorn as Builder of Incipient Siamese Nation-State East Asia Pub Date : 2019-03-01 Michael S. H. Heng
In his long reign, King Chulalongkorn displayed deep wisdom and political acumen in laying down the foundation of the Siamese nation-state. He continued the project of his father in modernizing Siamese state and society. In the early period of his reign, his efforts were opposed by conservative forces and vested interested, but he bid his time and pressed on when situation improved. With a weak military
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Politicising the Manhwa Representations of the Comfort Women: with an Emphasis on the Angoulême International Festival Controversy East Asia Pub Date : 2019-03-01 JeongWon Bourdais Park
This article discusses the nexus between comics, collective historical memory and politics in the context of the contemporary relationship between Japan and South Korea by examining the graphic manhwa narratives dealing with the memories of comfort women that were exhibited during the Angoulême Comics Festival in France in early 2014. With a theme of ‘memories of war and gendered violence’, commemorating
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Correction to: The Impact of Social Capital and Media Use on the Political Participation of Urban Residents East Asia Pub Date : 2018-11-06 Fanbin Zeng,Chen Yuqi
The original publication contained an error. The second author Chen Yuqi was not included by mistake.
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Correction to: The Impact of Social Capital and Media Use on the Political Participation of Urban Residents East Asia Pub Date : 2018-11-06 Fanbin Zeng, Chen Yuqi
The original publication contained an error. The second author Chen Yuqi was not included by mistake.
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Outrage in Malaysia: The Politics of Taking Offence East Asia Pub Date : 2018-08-18 Julian C. H. Lee
This article develops a general articulation of the politics of offence and outrage by drawing on examples of high profile political furores in Malaysia. In these furores, minority ethno-religious groups and individuals ostensibly caused offence to the majority Muslim Malay population. Although these offences were framed as transgressions of genuine sensitivities, I argue that politics of offence must
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Outrage in Malaysia: The Politics of Taking Offence East Asia Pub Date : 2018-08-18 Julian C. H. Lee
This article develops a general articulation of the politics of offence and outrage by drawing on examples of high profile political furores in Malaysia. In these furores, minority ethno-religious groups and individuals ostensibly caused offence to the majority Muslim Malay population. Although these offences were framed as transgressions of genuine sensitivities, I argue that politics of offence must
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Effect of Wage, Inflation and Exchange Rate on the Investment Policy in Sidoarjo District, Indonesia East Asia Pub Date : 2018-08-07 null Priyono
The purpose of this study is to know and analyze the effect of wage variables on regional investment policy, the influence of inflation variables on regional investment policy, and the influence of exchange rate variables on investment policy of the Region on Labor. In this study, the population taken is the entire workforce whose data comes from the Central Bureau of Statistics in Sidoarjo which amounted
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Effect of Wage, Inflation and Exchange Rate on the Investment Policy in Sidoarjo District, Indonesia East Asia Pub Date : 2018-08-07 Priyono
The purpose of this study is to know and analyze the effect of wage variables on regional investment policy, the influence of inflation variables on regional investment policy, and the influence of exchange rate variables on investment policy of the Region on Labor. In this study, the population taken is the entire workforce whose data comes from the Central Bureau of Statistics in Sidoarjo which amounted
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The Rise and Return of the Indo-Pacific: Oceans, Seas and Civilisational Linkages East Asia Pub Date : 2018-06-02 Timothy Doyle
The Indo-Pacific, constructed either as a region, super-region or non-region, is currently a hotly contested map-making phenomenon. Various countries and cultures, washed by the waters of these amorphous oceanic boundaries and sea spaces, are currently seeking to establish exclusive territorial claims over these water spaces by invoking stories and narratives taken from pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial
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The Rise and Return of the Indo-Pacific: Oceans, Seas and Civilisational Linkages East Asia Pub Date : 2018-06-01 Timothy Doyle
The Indo-Pacific, constructed either as a region, super-region or non-region, is currently a hotly contested map-making phenomenon. Various countries and cultures, washed by the waters of these amorphous oceanic boundaries and sea spaces, are currently seeking to establish exclusive territorial claims over these water spaces by invoking stories and narratives taken from pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial
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Institutionalizing the Indo-Pacific: the Challenges of Regional Cooperation East Asia Pub Date : 2018-04-20 Mark Beeson
One of the key issues that will determine the success or otherwise of the putative ‘Indo-Pacific region’ is how or whether it is successfully institutionalized. This paper firstly provides an assessment of the Indo-Pacific’s prospects by drawing on some of the more influential strands of theoretical literature in this area and by considering the specific historical experience of its institutional precursors
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Institutionalizing the Indo-Pacific: the Challenges of Regional Cooperation East Asia Pub Date : 2018-04-20 Mark Beeson
One of the key issues that will determine the success or otherwise of the putative ‘Indo-Pacific region’ is how or whether it is successfully institutionalized. This paper firstly provides an assessment of the Indo-Pacific’s prospects by drawing on some of the more influential strands of theoretical literature in this area and by considering the specific historical experience of its institutional precursors
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The Indo-Pacific: Reconceptualizing the Asian Regional Space East Asia Pub Date : 2018-04-19 Mark Beeson,Jeffrey Wilson
This paper introduces the special edition and the ideas of regions and regionalism.
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The Indo-Pacific: Reconceptualizing the Asian Regional Space East Asia Pub Date : 2018-04-19 Mark Beeson, Jeffrey Wilson
This paper introduces the special edition and the ideas of regions and regionalism.
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South Korea’s Deterrence Strategy Against North Korea’s WMD East Asia Pub Date : 2018-03-05 Edward Kwon
This paper examines how South Korea might be able to deter the growing threat from North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missile programs. North Korea’s six nuclear weapons experiments with various types of missile test fires using solid fuel and new technology pose a security threat to South Korea and the USA. The credibility of the North’s WMD capability and the military balance of two Koreas are critically
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South Korea’s Deterrence Strategy Against North Korea’s WMD East Asia Pub Date : 2018-03-01 Edward Kwon
This paper examines how South Korea might be able to deter the growing threat from North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missile programs. North Korea’s six nuclear weapons experiments with various types of missile test fires using solid fuel and new technology pose a security threat to South Korea and the USA. The credibility of the North’s WMD capability and the military balance of two Koreas are critically
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Seeking a New Role: Japan’s Middle East Policy under Shinzo Abe East Asia Pub Date : 2017-10-29 Shirzad Azad
With his frequent travels to the Middle East, more than all other Japanese leaders in the past, Shinzo Abe had been destined to ineluctably play a distinctive role in redefining his country’s foreign policy approach toward the region. Essentially, when Abe returned to power for a second time in late 2012, he succeeded to subsequently establish a relatively stable and long-term government which strived
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Seeking a New Role: Japan’s Middle East Policy under Shinzo Abe East Asia Pub Date : 2017-10-29 Shirzad Azad
With his frequent travels to the Middle East, more than all other Japanese leaders in the past, Shinzo Abe had been destined to ineluctably play a distinctive role in redefining his country’s foreign policy approach toward the region. Essentially, when Abe returned to power for a second time in late 2012, he succeeded to subsequently establish a relatively stable and long-term government which strived