There are certain obstacles that hinder China, Japan, and Korea from acquiring the vision in which the three countries can enjoy bright future. But what is the most critical one? In my opinion, that is the “history” [...]

In Social States, Alastair Iain Johnston sets out to investigate two related questions: 1) whether realpolitik state preferences and practices are a function of material conditions or realpolitik norms (198) and 2) why Chinese foreign policymakers, in a threateningly “unipolar” environment of [...]

Since the early 20th century American policy makers, engrossed by their preconceived notions of China and blinded by the powerful China Lobby, have failed to accurately assess developments in China [...]

As prominent political scientists often state, a country’s foreign policy is strongly linked to its domestic policy. Taking this simple idea, no other crisis in the history of the world complicates and yet reinforces it much like the current Taiwan Crisis [...]

On April 30, 1975, South Vietnam ceased to exist. In one day, my father, a South Vietnamese officer, found himself without a country to defend [...]

South Korea’s new president Lee Myung-bak has won more support, though less than he had initially expected. The legislative elections of April 9, 2008 resulted in qualified success for the Grand National Party [...]

In this article, I warn that the realist assumptions of unitary actors and state sovereignty should be applied to Malaysia only after examining her domestic political conditions. My analysis proceeds in the following order [...]

North Korea remains as one of the most oppressive regimes in the world. In recent years, thousands of North Koreans have risked their lives fleeing to nearby countries, most choosing to cross the loosely controlled border to China. Because of the political and ethnic loyalties present [...]

Beijing had hoped that the 2008 Summer Olympics would draw worldwide attention to China’s sweltering economy and ambitious development projects. Now, less than three months removed from its grand prize, the nation hosting the world’s largest population faces [...]

The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou won a landslide victory on March 22, 2008, defeating Democratic People’s Party (DPP) candidate Frank Hsieu and ending eight years of DPP rule over Taiwan. His victory has largely been attributed to [...]