Asia at a tipping point
Subtitle: Korea, the rise of China, and the impact of leadership transitions
By: editor-in-chief, Gilbert Rozman
Contributors: Korea Economic Institute (U.S.)
Series: Joint U.S.-Korea academic studies -- v. 23
Publisher: Korea Economic Institute
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
Subjects: Balance of power; Congresses; International Security; Politics and government; Foreign relations; Foreign economic relations; Strategic aspects
Other titles: Joint U.S.-Korea academic studies
Description: The year 2012 may be determinative in transforming the leadership that will decide the fate of the hexagonal maneuvering over the North Korean nuclear threat and the prospects for reunification. Leadership has great bearing on the way the states active in Northeast Asia address sensitive questions related to the Korean peninsula. How should the shared goal of denuclearization be prioritized relative to goals such as stability and the regional balance of power? What weight should be given to human rights in the context of urgent security concerns? To what extent should the multilateral nature of diplomacy override the expression of national policy priorities? How closely is coordination with South Korea advisable, recognizing its legitimacy to represent the Korean people, given divergence in threat perceptions and strategic thinking about the future of the peninsula? The essays in this volume seek to address these and other questions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

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Table of contents: title: Political change in 2010-2012 and regional cooperation centered on the Korean peninsula. -- Introduction; title: Leadership changes and South Korea's China policy  -- Jae Ho Chung; title: North Korean politics and China  -- Jack Pritchard and L. Gordon Flake; title: Japanese politics, the Korean peninsula, and China  -- Kazuhiko Togo; title: Chinese politics and the Korean peninsula  -- Gilbert Rozman; title: Security challenges and the changing balance on the Korean peninsula. -- Introduction; title: The view from China  -- Andrew Scobell; title: The view from Russia  -- Stephen Blank; title: Japan's response to nuclear North Korea  -- Narushige Michishita; title: The view from South Korea  -- Taeho Kim; title: Sociological processes and regional community formation incorporating South Korea. -- Introduction; title: South Korean national identity gaps with China and Japan  -- Gilbert Rozman; title: Diverging trajectories of trust in northeast Asia : South Korea's security relations with Japan and China  -- Leif-Eric Easley; title: A cognitive approach to ethnic identity construction in the Korean enclave in Beijing  -- Sharon Yoon; title: TPP or ASEAN + 3 : alternative plans for Asian regionalism and free trade pacts. -- Introduction; title: The U.S. approach to regional trade agreements involving East Asia  -- Edward J. Lincoln; title: South Korea : which way will it go on Asian integration?  -- Hyung-Gon Jeong; title: Competing templates in Asia Pacific economic integration -- Peter A. Petri.